Curved Table Top Pie Piece in Carbide Create

@ErnieS asked on Facebook how to design this in Carbide Create

Start with a 12" line

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From the center of that line, draw a 4" Radius circle

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At 3" and 9" along that line, draw a vertical line

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Trim those lines to the circle

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From the newly trimmed ends of each line, draw another 4" radius circle
You can use the ends of the 12" line, or type in 4.0"

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I just happen to know that when you copy & rotate your “S” curve, it will not be exact. So I’ll draw another line at 45° to trim it to to leave the right end a little long.

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Trim the curves to look like this

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Delete the construction geometry, leaving just the “S” curve. There will be a tiny bit of overlap in the center. trim that section too, then join the curves.

CTRL-D to duplicate the curve & click anywhere

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Rotate the new curve 30°

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Select the left end of the new curve & move it to the node on the left end of the other curve

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Draw in your 12" radius circle

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Trim the right ends of the curves to the circle, and the 330° section of the circle

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Join the curves

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Of course, this is ONE way. I’m certain there are others. :wink:

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That’s an intellectual way of solving that and well-done! I might have just found a squiggle line drawing on the interwebs, traced it and then cleaned up the stray nodes to get the curves looking neat.

Your way is way more precise and looks great!

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Good point. Theoretically, any shape rotated 30° (or any factor of 360) would fit together. And a hand drawn, non-mathematical curve might even have more character. ?? :smiley:

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