Did tangents change recently? They don't touch anymore.

[bentwookie]

For a long time, I've "squared" off parts of circles by marking, say, the left side coincident with the circle and then applying a tangent to the top and bottom sides with the same circle. This has always resulted in a square side on the left and a half circle on the right. 

In the last week or so, I'm seeing what I think is different behavior. It's no longer creating what I'd think of as a tangent, but rather something merely coincident with a tangent. The actual point I marked as a tangent doesn't actually touch the circle anymore. 

Am I crazy or did something change? 

Tangent: Latin root tangere, "to touch".

Pointer to a simple example:

https://a360.co/3QB1zlr

[g-andresen]

Hi,

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günther

[bentwookie]

I know I can additionally mark the corner as coincident with the circle and it does what I'd expect. Maybe it's always been this way and I've just been getting lucky? Still seems weird though given the literal meaning of the word tangent. 

[wmhazzard]

Tangent does not necessarily mean coincident. Your line is tangent, just not touching. Add a coincident constraint.  

[bentwookie]

Hmmm. Try now. 

[bentwookie]

I gather it's always been this way then? Guess I've just been getting lucky or something.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[wmhazzard · Accepted solution]

Yes, it has always been like that. If you start from the circle, the coincident constraint is automatically added.