Sketching a Tangent Arc in Sheet Metal
- Select the Sheet Metal tab.
- Click Tangent Arc in the
Sketch group.The tool is disabled if there are no curves or lines in the sketch plane.
- (Optional) Click the Profile option if you want to create walls as you sketch.
- Click the line or curve you want to draw tangent to.This is usually done at the end point of a line, arc, or spline, but it can be on the line. If two lines share an end point, use the scroll wheel to set tangency to the other line.
- (Optional) Dimension the radius and chord angle.
- Click to set the end point of the arc.The arc cannot end on its start point to make a circle or end on the same line as its start point.