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Tangent To Three Planes Example

Creating a sphere which is tangent to three previously defined planes. A point is specified to define the center of the sphere.

$$
$$  Declarations
$$
    ENTITY/PL1,PL2,PL3,PT1,SPHR1
$$
$$ Geometry Definition
$$
    PL1 =PLANE/XYPLAN,0
    PL2 =PLANE/YZPLAN,0
    PL3 =PLANE/XZPLAN,0
    PT1 =POINT/-1,1,-1
$$
$$ Sphere Definition
$$
    SPHR1=SPHERE/TANTO,PL2,PL3,PL1,CENTER,PT1,RADIUS,1

A Sphere Octant Tangent to Three Planes