Construction Circle Add Tan Tan Radius ( Drawing Editor )
Tool summary :
Also see :
- Drawing Editor (where Construction Circle Add Tan Tan Radius is a tool)
- Construction lines/circles (topic)
- Construction Circle Edit window (opens so you can set the radius or diameter)
- Construction circle exact point (at center of a construction circle)
- Add Construction Grid (alternative in Modeling )
- Layer selection tool (drawing layer the construction circle is added to)
- Plotting (construction circles on drawings are not plotted)
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Step-by-step instructions ( Construction Circle Add Tan Tan Center ) :
These instructions assume that you are using a 3-button mouse, that the User and Site Options > General > " Point location target " is set to ' Fancy ' ( 
), and that you use mouse bindings similar to those shown in the following illustrations.
Before using this tool:
- To be able to see the construction circles you are adding, the display of "
Construction lines/circles " needs to be on (checked).
- To set the defaults for the to-be-added construction circle to be those of an existing construction circle, double-click the existing construction circle then press " OK " on its edit window.
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1 . Invoke Construction Circle Tan Tan Radius. |
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2 . Place the mouse pointer (  ) so the target ( ) is at a point on a line, circle, construction line, or construction circle. When a white line indicating tangency appears on that object, left-click ( Locate ). In this illustration, a line is selected.
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3 . Place the mouse pointer ( ) so the target ( ) is at a 2nd point on another line, circle, construction line, or construction circle. When a white line indicating tangency appears on that object, left-click ( Locate ). In this illustration, a circle is selected.
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4 . The Construction Circle Edit window opens so that you can set the " |
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5 . Left-click ( Locate ) another object to add a similar construction circle. Or right-click ( Return ) if you are done. |
Radius " of the construction circle. Alternatively, you can set its " Note 1: To invoke Construction Circle Tan Tan Radius :
Method 1 : Click the Construction Circle Tan Tan Radius icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Objects -- Construction Circles ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).
Method 2 : If " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Objects > Construction Circles > Add Tan Tan Radius .
Method 3, 4 or 5 : Construction Circle Tan Tan Radius can also be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the ' Lightning ' layout style, configuration of the interface is done using Customize Interface .
Note 2: Right-click ( Return ) in steps 2 or 5 ends the operation.
step 2 & 5 bindings Note 3: Selecting parallel lines or parallel construction lines steps 2 and 3 will produce unpredictable results.
Note 4: In steps 2 and 3, the location of the selected points determines that location of hte to-be-placed construction circle.
In step 3, selecting point 2a creates construction circle a, while selecting point 2b creates construction circle b. If point 1 (added in step 2) had been placed above the horizontal line, a construction circle would be created above the line and not below it. Note 5: Any construction circles added using this procedure can be instantly removed (one at a time, in reverse-order of their addition) by using Undo .
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Other ways to add construction circles or construction ellipses in the Drawing Editor :
Construction circles:
Construction ellipses:
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