modeling-app/docs/kcl/circleThreePoint.md

title, excerpt, layout

title	excerpt	layout
circleThreePoint	Construct a circle derived from 3 points.	manual

Construct a circle derived from 3 points.

circleThreePoint(
  sketchSurfaceOrGroup: [Sketch](/docs/kcl/types/std-types-Sketch) | [Plane](/docs/kcl/types/std-types-Plane) | [Face](/docs/kcl/types/std-types-Face),
  p1: [Point2d](/docs/kcl/types/std-types-Point2d),
  p2: [Point2d](/docs/kcl/types/std-types-Point2d),
  p3: [Point2d](/docs/kcl/types/std-types-Point2d),
  tag?: [TagDeclarator](/docs/kcl/types#TagDeclarator),
): [Sketch](/docs/kcl/types/std-types-Sketch)

Arguments

Name	Type	Description	Required
sketchSurfaceOrGroup	Sketch or Plane or Face	Plane or surface to sketch on.	Yes
p1	Point2d	1st point to derive the circle.	Yes
p2	Point2d	2nd point to derive the circle.	Yes
p3	Point2d	3rd point to derive the circle.	Yes
tag	TagDeclarator	Identifier for the circle to reference elsewhere.	No

Returns

Sketch

Examples

exampleSketch = startSketchOn(XY)
  |> circleThreePoint(p1 = [10, 10], p2 = [20, 8], p3 = [15, 5])
  |> extrude(length = 5)