[Plugin] TrueTangents v3.0
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Is it possible to draw an arc tangent to two others?
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Do you mean a common-tangent to three arcs ?
It will be possible in some 'special' cases, but then you can contrive three arcs which can never all share a common-tangent...
Please give a clear example...
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I mean to draw an arc tangent to two circles.
Like in the image.

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In the previous drawing the circles O1 and O2 are known
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Sorry, very grateful for your attention!
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It would also be interesting if it allows solving situations like this:

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can this be updated to Sketchup 2025 or higher please?
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This works in all newer versions of SketchUp.
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@Gili It works perfectly in SketchUp 2025 and 2026. I've been using it a great deal. I used it repeatedly the other day to set up the linkages on this paddle wheel.

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