How to fit an arc of pre-determined length through 2 points?

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Permalink Reply by lauro on June 19, 2012 at 10:27am

hi,

you have to find a solution for
Sin (r * PI/s) - AB / (2*r)

while AB represents the Distance between A and B.
I don't know how this is mathematically possible, but you can do it manually. adjust the radius until the equation is nearest at 0.

best regards
laur

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on June 19, 2012 at 12:30pm

Until you find an analytic solution, here's a Galapagos one. I made it so it only works in the World XY plane, in 3D you'll always have an infinite number of solution rather than just two.

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David Rutten

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Poprad, Slovakia

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Permalink Reply by Jason Lim on June 20, 2012 at 1:04am

Hi all,

Thanks for the help. I thought an answer could be found analytically, but these solutions work well too.