Description: This command generates a straight line in the geometry tangent to the selected curve that cross the introduced point.

Inline mode usage:

• tangent -h: Displays the help file that summarizes the parameters for this command.
• tangent –n <resulName> -s <selectedCurve> -p <pX><pY><pZ><length>: Generate a straight line tangent to the selectedCurve and crossing the point <pX><pY><pZ> with the specific length.

Interactive mode usage:

• Invocation: tangent
• Parameters:
• Point in the tangent line.
• Length of the line.

Example:

The following example shows how to insert a tangent line to a circle.

command> circle

Center [x y z]: 0 0 0

Radius [double]: 1

command> tangent

Select one curve (Press enter when done): 

Insert the coordinates of a point in the tangent line [x y z]: 1.2999999523162842 0.699999988079071 0.0

Insert the length of the tangent line: 1.35

command> 

Result:

Resulting tangent line