How do you snap a circle circumference to the end nodes of 2 skewed lines?
In the diagram, the circle will snap to line A; after moving the circle rotation point to the end node of line A at the point of contact, I then click and pivot the circle hoping to make contact and snap to the end of the second line B. It comes close, but never actually snaps. In wireframe and zoomed greatly, you can always see that the circle never really snaps to the second line. Thanks!
3 point ellipse tool with Ctrl held down and 3-point curve tool. Have a play with them
Getting a circle of predetermined size to snap to the ends of existing lines is difficult because you can grab the circle by any part of its circumference . So you have to keep zooming in to get it right.
What a perfect answer! You verified the difficulty of pivoting a circle so I will give up on it. BUT the 3-point curve + Ctrl is exactly the solution I needed. Thank you!!
Another way to accomplish this, if it is possible to create the circle first and then the lines, is to use the 2-Point Line tool (drawing tools flyout).Create the circle, then with the 2-Point Line tool active, click the "Perpendicular 2-point line" button in Property bar.Click anywhere on the circle's circumference and then drag.You'll find out how it works.
That's a cool tool! I like it and never noticed it before. It'll be useful in the future.
However, my diagram and explanation could have been more clear. I am try to fit a predetermined circle size to the gap at a rectangle corner; when fitted, neither line is perpendicular to the circle. Wishing that circle would just snap to both lines. Thanks for the answer, it is useful.
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LCB-WTG said:I am try to fit a predetermined circle size to the gap at a rectangle corner; when fitted, neither line is perpendicular to the circle. Wishing that circle would just snap to both lines.
Some software - e.g., Autodesk Inventor, in the sketch environment - CAN solve that sort of geometry problem, but CorelDRAW doesn't work that way. It is not "constraint driven" in that way.
For your specific situation in CorelDRAW, I think that the solution from hywelHarris - manual rotation while zoomed in - is a good way to do it.
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