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SolidSmack: How to Make a Line Perpendicular to a Tangent in SolidWorks

  • Kyle · 2 years ago
    I've used this before when I'm working on items with a large radius. you can quickly lay out a lot of lines this way.
  • Rod Uding · 2 years ago
    This would have saved me a lot of time several times had I know about it. Typically, I have the sketched the circle, then drawn the line and added all the relations to get it tangent. A nice tip that I will post on our companies internal forum. Keep of the great work on your blog!!!
  • Josh · 2 years ago
    Thanks Rod! glad it will help!
  • Ron Westburg · 2 years ago
    Thanks Josh.
    I'm glad there are people like you out there, willing to share the knowledge!

    -Ron
  • alisenbe · 1 year ago
    This is a great tip and to add to it you can also touch other lines to toggle between a perpendicular and parallel relation.