Circle without center point

Circle without center point

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Circle without center point

Anonymous
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Firstly I'm a beginner with Inventor.

Let's say I want to make something similar to the picture I posted as attachment (it's weird, but I can't draw better in MS paint :)).

In 2D sketch, how do I make circle (or fillet) without knowing its center point? I know it's possible, but I don't remember how to do it.

Thanks

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Frederick_Law
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In Inventor, you can draw the circle and then move it.

Better yet, you can constrain it other sketch.

 

Take a look at tutorials in help and learn how to sketch.

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JDMather
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What version of Inventor are you using?

If 2019 - I can make an example for you to examine.

 

I would create the ellipse and then make the circle tangent to the ellipse.

Add a Vertical constraint between the circle center point and the ellipse center point.


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Anonymous
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Yeah, I'm using 2019 version and I'd appreciate that example. But careful, it's not elipse, but halfs of two circles with radius 65 joined together. I'm mainly asking how to draw the big one ("egg"), not the small one inside.

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johnsonshiue
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Hi! You will need to draw arcs instead. To make the whole thing or stable (not subject to movement), you may want to create some vertical lines. It should be fairly straight forward. You need three arcs and one circle.

Many thanks!



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IgorMir
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Here it is. IV2018 file

Cheeers,

Igor.

 


@Anonymous wrote:

Firstly I'm a beginner with Inventor.

Let's say I want to make something similar to the picture I posted as attachment (it's weird, but I can't draw better in MS paint :)).

In 2D sketch, how do I make circle (or fillet) without knowing its center point? I know it's possible, but I don't remember how to do it.

Thanks

forum.png

kelly.young has embedded your image for clarity.

 


 

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