A simple linework problem? Am I missing a trick..?

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I run into variations on this problem now and then.

I want to rotate the yellow rectangle to precisely intersect with the two blue circles.

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How best to achieve this?

Many thanks

Hugh

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  1. Move the box so it is tangent to one of the circles (A).

  2. Draw a circle on the centerpoint of A through the tangentt point of the rectangle and the circle.

  3. Use the Line tangent to 2 curves tool to draw a line between the helper circle and the second circle (B)

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  1. Rotate the rectangle accordingly.

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Many thanks Martin.

I’ve been overlooking a range of useful command line options for the line command!

Always something new to learn!

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