[Plugin] TrueTangents v3.0

[Dave R]

@bobsammer said:

Does the True Tangent plugin work in SU2017?

Bob

[tecnozati]

Is it possible to draw an arc tangent to two others?
Thank you very much

[TIG]

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...
Or explain your question more clearly...

[tecnozati]

I mean to draw an arc tangent to two circles.
Like in the image.

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[tecnozati]

In the previous drawing the circles O1 and O2 are known

[tecnozati]

Sorry, very grateful for your attention!

[tecnozati]

It would also be interesting if it allows solving situations like this:

[Gili]

can this be updated to Sketchup 2025 or higher please?

[TIG]

This works in all newer versions of SketchUp.

[Dave R]

@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.