Drawing tangents to circles

[Anonymous]

Hi

I am trying to draw two lines that are tangent with a circle (in sketch mode obviously) with a fixe angle between the lines.

While it is clear how to enforce tangency of thw lines with the circle, it is not so evident to em how to enforce also the fix angle between the lines.

Thanks for any help.

Cheers

Francesco

[Phil.E]

The sketch dimension command will add an angle dimension to the pair of lines.

[Anonymous]

Yes that i now, but i need the lines to be TANGENT to a circle.
In any case I have solved by using the circle command with 2 tangents.


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[Phil.E · Accepted solution]

Francesco,

I want to be sure I understand your question. Is your situation different than the image below? This shows how dimensions and constraints can work together in sketches.

Regards,

[Anonymous]

yes it does, but your gui looks very different from mine 

[Phil.E]

Can you post an image of your GUI?

Thanks,

[Anonymous]

Actually i think yours is just customised to display more commands on the toolbar ... how does it work?

[Phil.E]

To add and remove tools from the toolbar: use the little "arrow" or X button that appears next to the tools when you are using the dropdown menu.

(another way to remove tools from the main toolbar is to drag them off)

Regards,

[Phil.E]

Removing tools from the toolbar: