 | | Re: Tangent between two circles in 3D space? —Anders Isaksson
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| | | "Kevin Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H92o0p.CGB@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) Line = Intersect(C1.Plane, C2.Plane) if (Dist(C1.Center, Line) = C1.Radius) and (Dist(C2.Center, Line) = C2.Radius) ... (Or have I (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | | | | Re: Tangent between two circles in 3D space? —Kevin Clague
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| | | | (...) This looks great! This is what I was trying say the other day during my ah,hah! moment, but not so tersely. Now I just need to know how to calculate the intersection of the line and each circle and I'll be all set I think. I'll do some (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | | | | | Re: Tangent between two circles in 3D space? —Steven Combs
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| | | | | Kevin, I have been watching this thread with great interest and it is really fun to watch the community pitch in and assist you. Would you do me a favor. When you finally have the solution, could you summarize in a post? I plan on using this as a (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | | | | | Re: Tangent between two circles in 3D space? —Anders Isaksson
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| | | | "Kevin Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H94xC1.11z@lugnet.com... (...) calculate (...) If the condition above (Dist(...) etc.) holds, then it's just a matter of projecting the circle centers onto the line, ie. solve for a (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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