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Basant Mishra
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March 28, 2024
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Connect circles seamlessly

  • March 28, 2024
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Hello,

I have done the job somehow but I want to know if there is a way to do this with precision.

Please check the image for understanding my question.

Thank you.

Regards

Basant Mishra

Correct answer didiermazier

Got a way to do it manually but with precision.

Video added

  1. cut both circles
  2. join ends
  3. smooth the segment
  4. create handles
  5. drag handles to the middle (smart guides helping)

Done

 

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didiermazier
Community Expert
didiermazierCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 28, 2024

This is how I would do it. Note that i did it very fast so the curve is not that nice. Should be done with much more care of placement and alignments

Begin with arc tool 

trace and duplicate

Delete unwanted segments

Draw the the circles (in fact only one is necessary)

Place the circle under the curve (again only left one is needed)

 

Cut the circle 

Duplicate and rotate

No manual tracing of the curve. Here it is not done very well but it gives you an rough idea…

Hope it can help

 

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Basant MishraAuthor
Known Participant
March 28, 2024

Hello,

Thank you for your response.

But please see my image that circles edges doesn't overlap.

In my case the distance between circle edges is 15pt.

Let me know if you have any idea to join it with perfect curve.

Thank you.

didiermazier
Community Expert
didiermazierCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
March 29, 2024

Got a way to do it manually but with precision.

Video added

  1. cut both circles
  2. join ends
  3. smooth the segment
  4. create handles
  5. drag handles to the middle (smart guides helping)

Done

 

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 28, 2024

    If you duplicate that connector path and mirror it, then you have precision.

    That said: there are tools that connect paths, but still they might not get you the path exactly as you would like to have it. So what you did, is the right thing when you want to have the circles joined in a specific way.

     

     

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