Text-only command: Circle: Tangent to 3

This is a text-only command.

Type the text equivalent at the command prompt to add a Circle, Tangent to 3

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TANGENT TO 3 draws a circle tangent to three other circles or arcs.

This command is not on any menu, type CIRTAN3 at the "Command:" prompt then press ENTER to use it.

  1. The prompt reads "1st entity:" Pick the 1st entity with the mouse.

  2. The prompt reads "2nd entity:" and "3rd entity:" Select them as you did for the 1st entity. CC3 draws a circle tangent to the three entities selected.

Often, multiple circles could be drawn, given three entities. You can help CC3 draw the one you want by selecting the entities near their expected points of tangency.

Text equivalent: CIRTAN3