Hi Michael,

Your sequence

>Pick point P1
Enter distance L1
Pick point P2
Enter distance L2
Pick point, intersection point closest to the picked point is taken.<

will be the best.

Thanks,


George

Hi George, I've attached a plug-in here that you can try.

To install it, download the attached .zip file and unzip it, then copy the 2 files to the \commands sub-folder inside of MoI's main installation folder.

That will then make a new command called Intersect2Circles available. To trigger the command, set up a keyboard shortcut under Options > Shortcut keys, and for the command part of the shortcut put in: Intersect2Circles

Then when you push that key, this custom command should start and it works as described above. It lets you create 2 circles and then at the last step you pick a point to tell it which intersection you want to take.

For the last pick you just need to pick a point closer to one of the 2 possibilities, you don't need to actually put it at the intersection although you can if you want.

The circles will be displayed only while you are inside of the command and when you are finished only the single point will stick around and the circles will disappear.

I hope that might help for processing a lot of these!

- Michael

Works like a charm! bravo!

A little trick if you dont make a another shortcut and don't want re type the command
Type one time, copy it then just copy past it for the other time ;)

PS
I obtain an error message when I draw first point in Top view, second point in Front view
Seems your script works only in the same window and not with circles not coplanar ?

Hi Pilou,

> A little trick if you dont make a another shortcut and
> don't want re type the command
> Type one time, copy it then just copy past it for
> the other time ;)

Also if you just want to repeat the last command that was run you can do that by right-clicking in a view port or pushing the Enter key after the command has finished.


> Seems your script works only in the same window
> and not with circles not coplanar ?

Yes, the circles must be coplanar and also intersecting for this command to work properly.

- Michael

ah yes the right click :)

Hi Michael,

Works like a charm. Thank you very very much for your effort to make this plug-in.

George

You're welcome George!

- Michael

http://moiscript.weebly.com/intersect2circles.html ;)