circle tangent

circle tangent

jsworks
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circle tangent

jsworks
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I don't seem to be able to connect a line that would be tangent to a circle. The snap point always snaps to the circle center. I've turned off line and angular increments so I should be able to snap anywhere on the circle, but it ain't happening. Would appreciate comments. Thanks, JS 

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constantin.stroescu
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normaly if you draw a line from exterior side to the circle and type ST , the end point snaps to tangent

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an , if from Manage >Snaps > Object Snaps , you have checked Tangents (ST) , it has to detect automaticaly the tangent point when drawing...

 

Constantin Stroescu

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jsworks
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Thank you Constantin, that works. I also found that if ALL object snaps are checked (which I didn't have before), the tangent icon would automatically appear for snapping.

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