Real Circle Guides
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I understand that making real curves face difficulties in most 3D modelling programs, but I wonder if it is possible to create circle guides in one plane....
In architectural survey work, it is very useful to be able to triangulate from 2 points to locate a third point. In 2D CAD, one does this by drawing two circles with centre points at those two points. The triangulated point is where the two circles intersect.
Now, using circles in Sketchup for triangulation is not accurate enough (circles are segmented lines). This makes creating surveyed models directly within Sketchup of anything other than rectilinear geometries difficult.
My wish, therefore, is for aCircle Guide Tool. I am not asking to make geometries with real curves. I just want to be able to make use of where circle guides intersect with other geometries and guides (including other circle guides). Since these circle guides would only exist on 2D planes, would it not be technically feasible to provide this tool?
It would make me very happy!
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Look ad this topic http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=160780#p160780
and this topic http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10140Bep
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The suggested tangent tools (TIG) create a guide point at the true intersection point, even if the circles are drawn with few segments.
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Those are nice tools. Thank you for the tip. I also didn't think about the benefits of being able to draw tangents.
All of that said, the plugins don't have the quick and clean feel of the theoretical circle guide that I had in mind. I use Sketchup because I find it a highly productive (quick) tool for modelling. I'll have a look into the Ruby API and see if what I want can be provided as a plugin...
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@tommyk said:
Those are nice tools. Thank you for the tip. I also didn't think about the benefits of being able to draw tangents.
All of that said, the plugins don't have the quick and clean feel of the theoretical circle guide that I had in mind. I use Sketchup because I find it a highly productive (quick) tool for modelling. I'll have a look into the Ruby API and see if what I want can be provided as a plugin...
Welcome to polygonal drawing, forget about geometry with the circle.
Workaround, workaround.
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