: Align object in between one point and one line Given a point and a line at an angle, I want to align a third object in between them so they both touch the object without overlap. Here is

@Yeniel278

The solution lies at the intersection of the bisector of the line continuation and the point normal. To do this you must know how to do numeric input in Illustrator works and exploit how illustrator stores previous tasks in numeric input for repetition.



Image 1: Solution is at the intersection of normal and bisector

Finding the bisector of two lines can be done as follows:


Draw a line out from intersection of two lines along one edge.
Double click on line tool (or alt click on screen) to get the numeric input of previously drawn line. Copy the Angle parameter to clipboard.
Draw the second outbound edge
Alt click on intersection with line tool active type + after angle input and paste the stored angle then hit tab to change focus of input. This causes the tool to calculate new angle. type /2 after angle, tab out and hit ok.


Normal of a line is easier just rotate a copy of a line by 90 degrees. Circle can be made by drawing a line from center to edge, opening the line dialog copy the line length. Than alt click on intended centerpoint for numeric input and paste the lengh and *2 on both the dialog inputs and your done.

There are a few caveats with numeric input in Illustrator.


Numeric input can not have more than 2 digits of accuracy
Circles made out of 4 bezier points are only approximately circular

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