Help with circles and arcs
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**Hi all, newbie here
There's something I don't understand with circles and arcs. I draw a logartmic spyral as shown in the pic below..
now, my problem is that I don't find the way tho join the single arcs to treat them as one..
The same happens if I draw circles instead of arcs. In this case, after erasing the circles parts I dont need, it treats the resulting arcs as the singles 'sides' number I set for my circle.. hope it make a sense..
Is there someone can help me?
Thx** -
You can weld them together, search for weld plugin.
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Draw it as a set of 1/4 circle arcs as you depicted.
Select all the arcs and explode the curves. This will give you defined endpoints.
Make the whole thing a group.
Turn on End points in the styles dialog.
Then using a Biezier curve (plug-in tool), trace each endpoint in one go.The result will be a single smooth curve.
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Just welding the arcs will make the curve the OP was looking for. Why the need for all the exploding and other extra work?
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You can use the new arc tool to create the spiral and weld it afterwards...
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There are several tools that will reform a set of linked edges, arcs or curves into a single 'curve' entity.
The original oldie 'weld' is available from Smustard.com [with several prompts as it processes the selection]
Several other tools have something similar as part of a broader toolset...
My own "TIG-weld" is available in the SCF PluginStore - it just does the one prompt-free 'welding' job on suitable preselected line/curve sets.
http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG-weld
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