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You can draw a clothoide (Euler spiral, Cornu spiral, Track transition curve) - a smooth transition between an arc and a straight segment using the LISP utility KLOT, see DL Download. Load it with APPLOAD, start the KLOT command and pick the endpoints of an arc and line. The application will draw the clothoid-transition.

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16.2.2014    39567×  
applies to: AutoCAD · AutoCAD Architecture ·

See also:
Tip 14395:CheckAngles - checking the allowed line angles in the DWG drawing (e.g. only ortho)
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