Making a circle tangent to an existing angles line
Making a circle tangent to an existing angles line
I have an EXISTING 45 degree line and I draw a circle next to it. I then want to make the line and circle tangent. Can't find any posts about moving a circle to become tangent to an existing line. Thanks
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Re: Making a circle tangent to an existing angles line
Would this topic work ?
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viewtopic.php?t=24495
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Re: Making a circle tangent to an existing angles line
draw a line from the center of the circle perpendicular to the existing line and intersect them.
Select the circle (double click). Move your cursor over the intersection of the line you constructed and the existing circle. A snap icon will appear. Drag until you get another snap icon where the two lines intersect.
Like this:
Interestingly enough, I looked to see if this was possible via a command in my other design software. Nope.
Select the circle (double click). Move your cursor over the intersection of the line you constructed and the existing circle. A snap icon will appear. Drag until you get another snap icon where the two lines intersect.
Like this:
Interestingly enough, I looked to see if this was possible via a command in my other design software. Nope.
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Re: Making a circle tangent to an existing angles line
Similar to TReischl's method. This is a drag and drop method that only works with a 45 degree line.
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