Goodmorning gentlemen,
I am rather new to CAD so please excuse the lack of proper language or etiquette.
i wish to draw a parallelogram within a rectangle, however i am unsure of how to do so with the given requirements.
I wish for the paralellogram to fit into rectangle like so, and that H be equal to 20.
Attempts have been made to do so by way of the screencast method
I have been tearing my hair out for the past 4 days and you fine people are my last bastion of hope
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It's slightly tricky:
1. draw a line from the bottom left corner - with a wrong angle and length of .... 350
2. OFFSET the line by 20
3. draw a circle: centre is the bottom left corner, with a radius to the top right corner.
4. ROTATE the two lines - base point: bottom left corner - then r (+enter) for reference - hit the base point again, now select the intersection point of the circle and the second line (with the X-symbol*), now hit the top right corner of the box.
5. delete the circle, TRIM the lines outside of the box.
* If the X-symbol doesn't appear press SHIFT+rightclick and select "intersection"
Not sure if this correct, but see the SCREENCAST
Use 20 for offset instead of my 10.25
Edit: basically the same approach described by @illusionistNUGXG above.
I would do it by drawing a Circle of radius 20 around either corner, then drawing a Line from the opposite corner, TANgent to the Circle. Copy that Line from the tangency point to the nearby corner, Erase the Circle, Trim the Lines.
Thank you so much, i don't think i could of done it without the cast. i just had to change the side of the offset so it ends on the top and bottom instead of the sides 🙂
Glad to help.
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@Kent1Cooper wrote:
.... drawing a Circle [red] of radius 20 around either corner, then drawing a Line [yellow] from the opposite corner, TANgent to the Circle. Copy that Line from the tangency point to the nearby corner [green], Erase the Circle & Trim the Lines [dotted grey].
To illustrate what seems to me the simpler way:
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