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    carey.olson
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    Registered: ‎07-05-2011

    dimension from quadrant of circle to appt intersection on a cirlce

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    01-10-2013 12:34 PM
     
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    Cadmanto
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    Re: dimension from quadrant of circle to appt intersection on a cirlce

    01-10-2013 12:56 PM in reply to: carey.olson

    Carey,

    Welcome to the forum.

    Take a look at this link.  See if it helps you.

    http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor/Tangent-Dimensioning-of-Arcs/td-p/3317169

    Best Regards,
    Scott McFadden

    (2 Corinthians 5:21)

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    Re: dimension from quadrant of circle to appt intersection on a cirlce

    01-11-2013 04:40 AM in reply to: carey.olson

    My solution below is in Inventor 2013, but since you didn't tell us what version you're using, I don't know if you can open it.

     

    This isn't as easy as it ought to be, but here's how I did it (see attached).  I created a view sketch, projected the two arcs, and created an arc concentric with the big "circle" as an extension to show the complete circle (set to the Dimension layer).  I then put in a Sketch-Only line between the arc centers, then a normal line tanget to the sketched arc and perpendicular to the previous line.  This last line is purely for something to dimension to.  I exited the sketch, then created a dimension between the tangent line just placed and the quadrant of the small arc.  Then I went back into the sketch and changed that tangent line to Sketch Only so it is not visible.

    Sam B
    Inventor 2012 Certified Professional

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