Arc joining 2 lines
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Does anyone know of a script; or if not; could someone please write a script to do this?
From the vertex of 2 lines joined in space, draw a tangential arc at a specified distance from the vertex, then delete the resultant stubs at the vertex. Length of lines and contained angle should not matter. The arc ends should be welded to the line ends creating a 1 line object.
In operation, user selects 2 joined lines,
selects pluggin tool/key, (preferably Right Click)
dialog or VCB asks for arc distance from vertex,
-or- mouse click on 1 line at arc point,
pluggin draws tangential arc,
deletes stub lines at vertex,
and then welds ends.I'm doing cable harness's with dozens of wires and multiple bends, so I need to do hundreds of these. Manually each bend now takes 10 clicks. I then use Pipe-along-path to create each wire, or wire bundle.
Thanks
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yeah, i'd use this one for sure..
along with it, i'd really like to be able to enter a radius and it would round out the corner..
basically like the fit fillet/bevel tool in bonzai. -
'K-tools' ruby has the basis of this in its 'fillet' tool.
This fillets / trims / extends two selected lines, adding an arc of a typed in radius (if not zero).
You could then use some of the 'weld' ruby ideas to join the three bits into a curve....
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while searching for k-tools, i came across 2Dfillet (fillet.rb)
that's exactly what i wanted
[edit] oh, and TIG.. are you talking about 1001bit tools instead of k-tools?
http://1oo1bit.com/
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