SMRITI Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 i want to draw a line tangent to 2 circles. i enabled the tangent option using shift + right click option but still lines are not tangent. Why? in my autocad it is not showing the location of centre of circle after enabling the centre option using shift+right click.why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 It may help to post the .dwg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven-g Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Are you using shift+right click to pick the tangent option, for both the start and the second point of the line, after picking the first point with shift+right click osnaps revert back to the standard settings for the next point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberAngel Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Steven is correct. To draw a line tangent to two circles, you must select the TAN snap for both ends of the line. As for your other question, to snap to the center of a circle, you must click on the circumference of the circle. It's a leap of faith, so to speak. When you use the override, you've specified only one type of snap, so you can't select anything except a center. In fact, if you pick a point that isn't on a circle or near the center of one, you'll get an error. You should see a tick at the center when you hover over the circumference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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