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Added Feature to Tangent Constraint

cyrus_costa541cyrus_costa541 Member Posts: 54
I think it would be extremely helpful if we could make lines and curves of sketches tangent to a face. This would work by taking the curve of the face from where the sketch's plane intersects it and then the line would be tangent to that. I can currently do something like this by splitting the part/surface to then make the sketch tangent to that edge however this takes a lot of steps and adds more features that I have to go through. 

Comments

  • S1monS1mon Member Posts: 2,988 PRO

    You don't need to split the face, just create the intersection curve. If necessary you can split that and/or trim it.

    https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/sketch-tools-intersection.htm

  • glen_dewsburyglen_dewsbury Member Posts: 783 ✭✭✭✭

    The use function in a new sketch will provide the profile curve asked for to be tangent to.

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/fa40a8e0adf37af8a2dd7498/w/91a671687060dc5bdeb87877/e/8bd780e40dea0d9aaaaa69f0

  • cyrus_costa541cyrus_costa541 Member Posts: 54

    Thanks!!!

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