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How to draw clothoid in AutoCAD?

A - answer 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 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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See also:
Tip 14061:Animated drawing of geometry in AutoCAD.
Tip 14027:3D heart from the heart.
Tip 13938:ModDXF - utility for bulk modification/display of internal DXF properties in DWG entities.
Tip 13887:ClosestPt - the nearest point on another curve
Tip 13864:Displaying the curvature comb or radii of a general curve - CurvComb.


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