Create Line Tangent

[ligrow]

Hello,

 

In Mcam 9 you could create a line tangent to an angle. How do you do this in Mcam X? Any help would be appreciated.

[John13]

Check the V92Xfunction.pdf in your mcamx documentation folder. It says to create line endpoints, tangent

[smokey_44]

Try a seach for "tangent" ,this has been talked about alot in other posts that you will find if you do a search.

 

 

Dave

[Thad]

As John said, Create-Line-Endpoints. Make sure the tangent button is selected in the ribbon bar. Click your arc in the appropriate spot and type an angle into the angle box.

 

Thad

[Nathan G. Baldwin]

ligrow,

when creating a line tangent to an arc, just use the create line endpoints and allow the autocursor to highlight an arc. crossing over the arc itself switches the tangency from a positive direction to a negative, and after you sketch a second endpoint you can change the angle as you see fit in the ribbon bar.

 

On questions like this, you can use the above mentioned V9 to X function map as an invaluable resource, but the neat little functionalities of the command that have altered since V9 are not fully explained. I would recommend watching the introducing mastercam X video at least twice for any new X user. This will help you in seeing some of the neat functions with creating linesendpoints, and it will also give you some insight into the way X works.

[ligrow]

Thanks guys,

 

Don Ligrow

[billystein]

when moving the arrow on the arc it will travel past the end of the arc. is there a way to make the arrow stop at the end of the entity?

 

billy

[bellyup]

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when moving the arrow on the arc it will travel past the end of the arc. is there a way to make the arrow stop at the end of the entity?

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while you are moving the 'arrow', it is dynamically looking for the entity which it is to be tangent to. once you select that, the line will automatically find tangent on the arc, even if line and arc do not actually touch.

 

if you would like a line attached to the end of an arc, select that point first and then try to constrain it tangent.