[Plugin] TrueTangents v3.0

sdmitch

The Tan-Tan-Radius problem is a simple circle-circle intersection problem as you may know if you have ever done this manually. If not, simply offset the two arcs/circles by the radius of the circle to be placed tangent to the two. Where those offsets intersect is the center of the tangent circle.

carlm

Hi TIG-

TT 3.0's "filletarc" is exactly the tool I need, but it has a 'feature' that doesn't make sense to me: It appears that at least for circles in the <1" diameter range the minimum fillet radius is limited to 1/2 the circle's radius.

In other words the smallest fillet I can add to a 1" circle is 1/4".

On the other hand I can use TT's "tangentialarcs" tool to make a 1/16" fillet -- but I have to take the added step of constructing a 1/16" inch long line segment on my fillet line and select that in order to force "tangentialarcs" to construct a fillet of the correct radius -- except that this actually creates an approximately correct radius, whereas Filletarc's radius is exactly what I input.

Anyway, I guess my point is that I don't understand why Filletarc shouldn't be able to make fillets whose radii are smaller that 1/2 the filleted circle's radius.

Regardless, it's a really useful tool for dealing with the true geometry of circles!

Thanks, -Carl-

gonashvili

Looks great, although I'm not really sure whats this plugin good for? (Hey, I ain't bi engineer )

Dave R

@gonashvili said:

Looks great, although I'm not really sure whats this plugin good for? (Hey, I ain't bi engineer )

Seriously?

massimo

@gonashvili said:

Looks great, although I'm not really sure whats this plugin good for? (Hey, I ain't bi engineer )

Well there are 66 lines of explanations and more than 10 images in the first TIG's post, plus 5 pages of thread so...seriously?

TIG

If you really need these tools then you'll already understand what they do... otherwise don't bother installing the toolset...

jeff hammond

@tig said:

If you really need these tools then you'll already understand what they do... otherwise don't bother installing the toolset...

ha!.. a decent way to put it

(sorry about my missing imgs in the thread.. I used to upload and display via mobile me then apple just wiped the whole thing out... meh.. I upload directly to scf nowadays)

matt.gordon320

Thanks TIG! I don't think I've ever seen such thorough explanations of plugin functionality. Much appreciated.

pilou

I believe that make that

dedmin

Hi TIG. I installed TrueTangents via latest SketchUcation Plugin Store. It works, but why are the tool-tips displayed in the Ruby console and not in the status bar?
Latest SU Pro, Win 7 64 bit latest.
Thanks.

TIG

@dedmin said:

Hi TIG. I installed TrueTangents via latest SketchUcation Plugin Store. It works, but why are the tool-tips displayed in the Ruby console and not in the status bar?
Latest SU Pro, Win 7 64 bit latest.
Thanks.

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This toolset was originally designed to run from the Ruby Console, or from within other methods - so the tools' guidance/errors go into the Ruby Console, rather than the status-bar or an error message-box...
It's the same in all SketchUp versions - it's not v2014 specific.

dedmin

@tig said:

@dedmin said:

Hi TIG. I installed TrueTangents via latest SketchUcation Plugin Store. It works, but why are the tool-tips displayed in the Ruby console and not in the status bar?
Latest SU Pro, Win 7 64 bit latest.
Thanks.

[attachment=0:2c4kpk1c]Capture-2.jpg[/attachment:2c4kpk1c]
This toolset was originally designed to run from the Ruby Console, or from within other methods - so the tools' guidance/errors go into the Ruby Console, rather than the status-bar or an error message-box...
It's the same in all SketchUp versions - it's not v2014 specific.

I see.