Peter Z Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Hi, beginner question, can I fit a circle between three circles? I'm having a blackout here Quote Link to comment
markdd Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) I'm sure there is a better and indeed more accurate way. But I create a line (center mode) at a tangent from the edge of the each circle. Then I use the circle tool in the 4th mode (Circle from 3 lines mode) and select the three lines and choose the appropriate side to place the circle object. Edited May 25, 2020 by markdd Quote Link to comment
P Retondo Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 http://whistleralley.com/tangents/tangents.htm 1 Quote Link to comment
beanus Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 there's a free 2d cad package called libreCAD this does tangents circles to circles very easily, can then be imported to Vectorworks. Vectorworks has never been that good a drawing tangents 1 Quote Link to comment
Peter Z Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 @beanus Thanks, that helps, although I really think it's sad, that Vectorworks is not capable of doing that. Quote Link to comment
rDesign Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 On 5/25/2020 at 9:12 AM, Peter Z said: Hi, beginner question, can I fit a circle between three circles? I'm having a blackout here There is a Marionette network created by @DomC which does exactly what you're asking, available at THIS LINK. Download and open the file named 'Geometry Nodes and PCC CCC.vwx; Look for the network at the far right side with the 'Apollonious PCC CCC v1' node. Click on that 'Apollonious' node, and then on the OIP under the 'Solution' pull-down select "- - -". Then click Run. You'll have to modify the circles in the group to whatever size and configuration you want. HTH. 1 Quote Link to comment
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