Tangent Squares to Circle

[navrozidis_filippos]

Good evening, i am quite new to grasshopper and i am struggling with making squares that are tangent to a circle. I tried many components but without any luck. Could anyone help? Thanks

[Gijs (Gijs de Zwart)]

there are many ways to do this, but probably the simplest is to make a square from center, move it on the X-axis by (radius + 1/2 * square_width) and make a polar array around the origin of your circle

[Joseph_Oster]

[HS_Kim]

@navrozidis_filippos

i am struggling with making squares that are tangent to a circle.

RectanglesAlongCircle_re.gh (7.8 KB)

[navrozidis_filippos]

I really appreciate all the answers!! I am trying each of them and i will come back with my results!

[navrozidis_filippos]

Ok the solution with frames works great!! Thanks a lot for the immediate answers!

[navrozidis_filippos]

Well, i tried to place a rectangle at each corner, but if the array counts 3 and the planes are not vertical the second smaller squares does not follow the random angle…I used discontinuity component to select the corners. Is there any solution for this?

[HS_Kim]

RectanglesAlongCircle_reV2.gh (10.7 KB)

[Joseph_Oster]

It’s easier for everyone if you post a GH file.

[navrozidis_filippos]

You are right . However with a little luck i figured it out… Thanks again.

[anon39580149]

You can also use Polar array as Gijs suggested

squ_cir.gh (9.8 KB)