Line tan from curve fails simple task why?

Rhino Rhino for Windows
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Hi
V5
Circle and a point, draw line tan from circle to the point

select line tan from curve, select circle, and it wants to go sideways only , then it wants to go north only, refuses point blank to go to the point, why ?

Ortho is off Gridsnap off, project is off. Osnaps on are end near and point

all are planar.

I see this has happened before !

I could upload a video but such are not uploadable here and I have yet to work out how best to do so.

Line tan from curve refuses.3dm (25.5 KB)

Steve

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No need for such. Just, as before, use the Point option to stop Rhino looking for other curves to be tangent to.

-Pascal

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Hi Pascal,
Thanks for the reminder, I must find a way of remembering that, maybe a note stuck on the bathroom wall !
Odd that I have never needed it until now.

Steve