it’s been too long since I used Rhino and now can’t find anything… where to I find the tool that:
draws a circle with radius R tangent to two co-planer intersecting lines? (I can find three lines…)
draws a line tangent to two co-planer circles?
yes; had forgotten different tools are available depending on the tool set selected! a couple more questions should have me up and running again:
where to I change the precision of linear dimensions?
ditto angular dimensions?
is a way to join line and arc objects to get the total length of the group?
THANKS again!
Not sure if you are looking for a dimension or just the lengt in the prompt here? If you are looking for a dimension, I think you need to have curves that are joined (lines and arcs need to be end-to-end) and use DimCurveLength. If you are just looking for the total length of a selection of curves, you can select them (and if you need them repeatedly, you can use either group or selection sets) and then use the Length command - the total length will be displayed in the propmpt.
HTH, Jakob
how do I extrude a circle along a curve such that a round tubular surface results? I can only find “extrude along a curve” and not what was called “extrude normal along a curve” in a previous CAD package. thanks
Wim, thanks for jumping in! I must be getting thick; the help page for “Pipe” doesn’t make any sense to me…! does the position of the current working plane with relation to either the curve (in this case a circle) to be extruded or the curve that will become the center line of the desired surface have anything to do with the operation of “Pipe” ?? I have a circle normal to the plane plane that contains the curve (arc) that will become the center line of the surface, how to I convince “Pipe” to create the surface??
Art
most of the engineering is done, how do I duplicate layers in the same file? and how do I import layers from a different file(s)?? I’d like to stack “before” and “after” solutions to see how they compare and if the progress is real or just wishful thinking… thanks!!
Dale-
thanks! clearly need to work on my “verb” selection skills so HELP is more effective; too many “copy & paste” and “cut & paste” skeletons in my closet…
Art