UtilityEx.GetLinesTangentToCircleFromPoint (Circle, Point3D, out Line()) Method

Namespace: devDept.Geometry
Assembly: devDept.Eyeshot.Control (in devDept.Eyeshot.Control.dll)

Computes the tangent lines from a point to a circle.

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Public Shared Function GetLinesTangentToCircleFromPoint( _ 
   ByVal c As Circle, _ 
   ByVal pt As Point3D, _ 
   ByRef tangentSegments As Line() _ 
) As Integer

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public static int GetLinesTangentToCircleFromPoint( 
   Circle c, 
   Point3D pt, 
   out Line[] tangentSegments 
)

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Parameters

c: Circle

The circle.

pt: Point3D

The point on the circle's plane and outside it.

tangentSegments: Line[]

Array containing the not-null tangent lines.

Return Value

int

The number of (not-null) lines in tangentSegments

Remarks

For arcs, it returns only the lines that touch them. The tangent lines are directed from the point toward the circle.

Applies to

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.8

UtilityEx.GetLinesTangentToCircleFromPoint (Circle, Point3D, out Line()) Method

Parameters

Return Value

.NET Framework

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