Creating Hyperbolas by Focus

You can create a hyperbola by clicking the focus, center and apex, and then the hyperbola two extremity points.

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Creating Parabolas by Focus

  1. Click Hyperbola by Focus in the Profile toolbar (Conic sub-toolbar).

  2. Click geometry area to define the hyperbola focus, center and apex.

    Focus: Once you click, the focus is symbolized by a cross ().



    Center (asymptote intersection): The center is not associative to the hyperbola.



    Apex:



  3. Click two points that correspond to the hyperbola end points.

    First Point:



    Second Point:



    The hyperbola results as shown here:



    Tip: You can use the Sketch Tools toolbar for defining the eccentricity of the hyperbola.