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Re: Tangent between two circles in 3D space?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Fri, 24 Jan 2003 03:27:15 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Kevin Clague writes:
> I have a child in fourth grade, and like many his age, he is a natural born
> lawyer looking for loopholes, so 'm well versed in the tactic because it is
> hard to resist....
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> If you notice my original post, I didn't even mention pulleys, I just asked
> about two circles in 3D space. I was just trying to solve one part of the
> stretched rubber band, not the entire rubber band... so there.... :^P
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> Once again you were ahead of me.
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> Kevin (in a good mood) Clague
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> In lugnet.cad.dev, Don Heyse writes:
> > In lugnet.cad.dev, Don Heyse writes:
> > > It sounds like you want the intersection point of the 2nd circle with
> > > the plane of the first circle. I guess that should be exactly one point
> > > unless they're in the same plane. However, I don't see how the rubber
> > > band gets back to the first circle without violating your rules. Is
> > > there another pulley/circle you're not telling us about?
> >
> > Ah Ha! Apparently there were TWO other pulleys you weren't telling us
> > about.
> >
> > http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dev/?n=8259
> >
> > ;^)
What you really need is to find a way to find just one side of the "rubber
band". Say, pulley A to pulley B, "Side one". Then you could use the same
function to determine pulley B to C, side one or two, and so on...
Right?
Paul
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