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How identify a tangent point?

fred_wildfred_wild Member Posts: 21 ✭
in Drawings
I want to draw a line perpendicular to a tangent at the point it hits the apex of a spline.  Can Onshape identify the point of tangency and place a point there?  Thank you.

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  • NeilCookeNeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,687
    Sketch or 3D spline? What is your plane of reference?
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEAI
  • fred_wildfred_wild Member Posts: 21 ✭
    In a sketch on the front plane.  Thank you.
  • NeilCookeNeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,687
    You could try drawing a vertical line down to roughly where the apex is, then add a normal contraint between the spline and the line. It might move the spline, but it will give you the apex point.
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEAI
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