Create Arc defaults question

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John Woodall posted 03-26-2026 05:48

When using the "Create Arc" command, my most used option (other than S,M,E) is start, end, & radius option since i am dealing with both defined alignments and creating best fit alignments for projects.

I cut my CAD drafting teeth on TerraModel and have always drawn arcs to the right (clockwise), but TBC defaults to the Left in the S,E,R option.

Is there any way to change this default to the Right? It is a small thing but 1 time out of 3 I forget and have to erase then redraw.

Ronny Schneider posted 03-29-2026 17:26

This is one of those examples where they don't save the previous used setting. You'll have to complain to your dealer about it, but don't expect a fix for a minor thing like this any time soon. It works and is only an inconvenience for the user, not the shareholders.

Since you and I still know what Terramodel is, we'll probably be 6 feet under by the time this is an amazing new high productivity feature.

And for me, and at least till version 2025.1 the dropdown list with the arc types gets longer and longer with every use in a running TBC session, is not properly cleared/populated on function start.

John Woodall posted 03-30-2026 04:17

@ Ronny

Glad to know I am not the only one who seems to find that Trimble threw the baby out with the bathwater when they started over from scratch instead of just building on TM.

I get the same long long list on the drop down even in 2025.1 I have not gone to 2025.2 because of the large amount of work in this project that is almost complete. once these 16 miles of roadway is done in a couple of months then I will update. Sorry Trimble I just don't trust it with a deadline.