FS#2042linetangent can't draw a tangent to arc through a point on that arc
- Type
- Bug
- Status
- Closed
- Resolution
- Not a bug
- Category
- QCAD (main)
- Severity
- Low
- Priority
- Low
- Reported version
- 3.24.2
- Operating system
- All
- Reported
- 2020-02-11 by theemmah
- Closed
- 2020-02-11 by andrew
Very often I need to draw a tangent line through a point on the arc or circle. Currently I solve this by drawing the perpendicular in that point and then the perpendicular to that perpendicular. As this problem is solvable I set the severity to "Low".
But I think linetangent should be able to draw such tangents. And I think this tool should firstly ask for arc or circle and only then for a point. Currently linetangent firstly asks for a point.
Comments (3)
I found that Librecad 2.1.2 are able to draw that kind of tangent lines.
And actually the input order isn't important for me.
This tool draws a line from a point to an arc, tangentially to that arc. If the point is on the arc, the line would have a length of zero.
You might want to use Draw > Line > Relative Angle instead with a relative angle of 0.
Thank you