Christian Fekete Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 How do you draw a curve that is tangent to two concentric circles? Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 (edited) In 1st example, Red is tangent to Green and Blue. Red is drawn with Circle tool in Diameter (2 point) mode. Or The Arc tool in Tangent to Line mode can create a semi circle tangent to both concentric circles. Not sure how to make "any" curve, eg a spline or bez, tangent to concentric circles. Vectorworks tangent controls have always seemed reluctant to me. There was a thread long ago about tangent to two non concentric circles. Fillet tool was the best answer, but picking the best radius can be a chore. Unfortunately, Fillet tool fails and has a special error message when trying to fillet btw concentric circles. -B Edited May 19, 2015 by Benson Shaw Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Not sure how to make "any" curve, eg a spline or bez, tangent to concentric circles. Vectorworks tangent controls have always seemed reluctant to me. Reluctant is a good descriptor. I find the tangent snaps and constraints very weak. KM Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted May 19, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted May 19, 2015 It can often help to disable all snapping options other than Snap to Object and depending which tools you're drawing with (circles or arcs) then enabling Snap to Tangent as well. The Grid and Smart Point snaps in particular are more aggressive in their response and can override other snapping types. Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 I tend to keep as few snap constraints as possible active at any one time. Otherwise it can be a bit of a snap battle.... KM Quote Link to comment
Guest Wes Gardner Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Don't forget you can always hold down the Tilde key to TEMPORARILY turn snapping off... Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 buuuut then tangents don't work? I wore the paint off my qwsd keys on one laptop! That Tilde key is a sooper dooper shortcut. -B Quote Link to comment
Christian Fekete Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Thank you, I could not figure it out for the life of me Quote Link to comment
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