Best way to do a half arc before revolve

Best way to do a half arc before revolve

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Best way to do a half arc before revolve

jmorphet
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When I draw a cross section which I plan to revolve, I am having a little trouble with the arc. If I draw a three point arc to the center axis, and revolve that sketch, I will have a small indentation in the top of the dome. If I mirror the outside endpoint of the arc and create an arc to both sides of the center axis, then trim the side I don't need, the arc comes out perfect and I get the dome shape without any indentation. Is there a better way to draw half the arc without getting the indentation in the center of the dome.

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g-andresen
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Hi,

Try a tangential constraint

tan arc 3p.png

günther

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jmorphet
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Günther's answer makes sense. The drawing I included was from the approach I described of deleting half the arc and it automatically placed a tangent constraint. I tried drawing the half arc with a horizontal construction line and a tangent constraint. It did work.

 

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