Thursday, November 29, 2018

vector - How to place a perfect curve to join two circles together?


I have two circles in this position



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I'm looking to acheive this (but more perfect with the flow of the curve meeting the circle perfectly on the right) notice, that it is slightly off)


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How would I be able to do this that the three curves when whole are perfect circles?


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I am using Corel Draw, but can also do this in Illustrator.


Sizes of the circles and positioning


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Answer



Measure the radi/diameters of your circles.




  1. Decide on a radius(diameter for the connecting curve, the higher this value the less curved the connection is.

  2. Draw a circle with the desired diameter + the diameter (or 2 * radius) of the upper circle, centered on the upper circle center.


  3. Draw a circle with the desired diameter - the diameter (or 2 * radius) of the lower circle, centered on the lower circle center.


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  4. The center of the new circle is at the intersection point of these 2 circles with the radius you decided in step 1.


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