InsertDesign AidsTangent Plane

The Tangent Plane command enables you to easily display and create the common tangent plane to two curve(s) and/or surface(s).

Several common tangent planes can exist for the selected entities; in this case, the program will create the one that is closest to the point you specified on the second entity.

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Try to ...

• Create the common tangent plane to two curves
• Create the common tangent plane to two surfaces

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Use Cases

• Creating a Lofted surface through a curve and tangent to a surface