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How to Make a Line Perpendicular to a Tangent in SolidWorks

Started by Josh M · 10 months ago

Here’s a handy little tip that 4 out of 5 tech support guys recommend for getting a quick perpendicular- to-tangent relation in SolidWorks.
This is really simple, but I don’t see it used too often. It can help you avoid a bunch of steps, as well as prevent unnecessary con ... Continue reading »

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  • 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.
  • 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!!!
  • Thanks Rod! glad it will help!
  • Thanks Josh.
    I'm glad there are people like you out there, willing to share the knowledge!

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

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