Deleting part of a circle

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CAD4All
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Deleting part of a circle

Post by CAD4All » Tue Aug 16, 2022 11:36 am

I want to use part of a circle to connect two lines at an angle to each other. If I draw the circe such that each line forms a tangent to the circle is there any way in which I can delete the remainder of the circle or should I be approaching this in a different way?

CVH
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Re: Deleting part of a circle

Post by CVH » Tue Aug 16, 2022 5:13 pm

Hi,
Removing part of a circle requires two cutpoints.
So some trim methods may ask for a second trimming entity.

Auto Trim (AX) will do that for you.
Just indicate the part that has to stay.

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CVH

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Re: Deleting part of a circle

Post by CVH » Tue Aug 16, 2022 5:15 pm

CAD4All wrote:
Tue Aug 16, 2022 11:36 am
or should I be approaching this in a different way?
There are many ways to do this ... You could use Round (RN) between two lines.

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CVH

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Re: Deleting part of a circle

Post by CAD4All » Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:31 am

Round produced the result I was after with much less effort than doing what I was proposing to do. Thanks so much for that suggestion.

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