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ilarioq
Hello everyone. How can I connect the two lines with an arc without stretching the lines?

Thank you very much.
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Re: Connect line

sand1024
will Modify->Fillet command work for you?

It adds a rounding arc that connects two lines.
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Re: Connect line

ilarioq


Thanks for your reply.

No, the fillet command is not suitable because it lengthens the lines (I have included two screenshots, one before and one after the command).
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Re: Connect line

LordOfBikes
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Welcome ilarioq!

Fillet is a common tool which connect two entities with a circular arc. Therefore the lines have to be cut/lengthen to match the radius.

In your case you need to draw an elliptical arc. Find it in the Tools -> Curve menu.
Unlike the Fillet tool, which finds intersection an center points itself, you might need some construction lines to find the arc center before you can finally draw the arc.
This kind of connection is unusual and needs much more parameters for a defined solution, thus there is no special tool for it.

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Re: Connect line

perepujal
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Hi, an arc of circle will never be tangent to both straight lines of your drawing if you don't shorten/lenghten any of them. If you really want an arc of circle, then you need to asssume that it will not be tangent to at least one of the lines.

If you want a curve tangent to both lines but not necessary  an arc of circle, then you can play with splines or with ellipses.

For example, to adjust an ellipse trace a parallel line to A line passing by the end point of B line, do a paralel for B line passing in the ending of A line, trim two both parallels, their crossing will be the center of the ellipse, then select ellipse (arc) (axis), set the center found before, the end point of the line far away from center, then the end point of the line closer to center.

If you go with ellipse arc, then select the start and end of the arc, otherwise you will get the ellipse tangent to both lines and you just have to cut it.

HTH
Pere
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Re: Connect line

ilarioq
In reply to this post by LordOfBikes
Thank you very much for the welcome.
I figured there wasn't a specific tool for this, so manually constructing the curve is fine.
I just didn't understand how to do it, so I'll try the ellipses.
Thank you very much.
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Re: Connect line

ilarioq
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Thank you very much.
I will carefully study your instructions and come back here if I have any questions.
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Re: Connect line

ilarioq


Thanks a lot!