tangent
This command generates a straight line in the geometry tangent to the selected curve that cross the introduced point.
Inline mode usage
- tangent -h
- Displays the help file that summarizes the parameters for this command.
- tangent –n <resulName> -s <selectedCurve> -p <pX><pY><pZ><length>
- Generate a straight line tangent to the selectedCurve and crossing the point <pX><pY><pZ> with the specific length.
Interactive mode usage
- Invocation
- tangent
- Parameters
-
- Point in the tangent line.
- Length of the line.
Example
The following example shows how to insert a tangent line to a circle.
command> circle
Center [x y z]: 0 0 0
Radius [double]: 1
command> tangent
Select one curve (Press enter when done):
Insert the coordinates of a point in the tangent line [x y z]: 1.2999999523162842 0.699999988079071 0.0
Insert the length of the tangent line 1.35
command> Result
