Tangent Line from Circles

This command draws a line that is tangent to two circles or arcs. The circles can be defined either by picking the radius point and entering the radius, or by selecting circle or arc entities. The tangent line can be drawn to either outside on the left or right side, or across the middle between the circles from left to right or from right to left. The line and the circles are drawn in the current layer. There is also an option to create two points at the ends of the tangent line.

Tangent line Between two circles

Prompts

Tangent Line From Circles dialog
Pick center point of first circle:
pick a point
Pick first radius: 25
Pick center point of second circle: pick a point
Pick second radius: 35

Pulldown Menu Location: COGO
Keyboard Command: linecircle
Prerequisite: None