# \#tangent

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## [Help with closing a curved profile with tangent circle](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/help-with-closing-a-curved-profile-with-tangent-circle/163507)

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**Author:** [@Guillaurent](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Guillaurent)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/help-with-closing-a-curved-profile-with-tangent-circle/163507 "2021-05-04T14:07:33Z")

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Hello I’m having a problem finishing the custom profile I’m working on. So far, I have this: I would like to add an arc in the gap tangent to the first circle and with the center horizontal to the bottom part: I…

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## [Is it possible to make a perfect tangent between two circles?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/is-it-possible-to-make-a-perfect-tangent-between-two-circles/49694)

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**Author:** [@spawn](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/spawn)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/is-it-possible-to-make-a-perfect-tangent-between-two-circles/49694 "2017-09-09T05:41:08Z")

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Hi everybody. I’ve tried to make the following shape according to these specific dimensions: I got this result: My question is that I’m not sure if I made perfect tangents to join the circles. In the model the cir…

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## [Doubt about drawing Circles - AutoCAD vs SketchUp](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/doubt-about-drawing-circles-autocad-vs-sketchup/51175)

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**Author:** [@spawn](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/spawn)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/doubt-about-drawing-circles-autocad-vs-sketchup/51175 "2017-09-06T16:55:48Z")

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Hi everybody. I’d like to know if AutoCAD works in a different way for drawing circles than SketchUP does. Circles in Sketchup are made by segments, 24 it’s the default value, I know I can change that. I run into the …