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input metaobj
% Circles produced as before

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newCircle.a(btex start etex);
newCircle.b(btex end etex);
a.c=origin;
b.c-a.c=(3cm,1cm);

defaultfont:="ptmr8r";
warningcheck:=0;
beginfig(1)
nccurve(a)(b) "angleA(-30)", "angleB(80)",
"linecolor(blue)","linewidth(3pt)",
"linestyle(dashed withdots)",
"linetension(2)";
drawObj(a,b);
endfig;
end;