circle junction

English translation: rounded and filleted corners / transitional curves

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English term or phrase:circle junction
Selected answer:rounded and filleted corners / transitional curves
Entered by: Ken Cox

22:18 Apr 14, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial / Technical Drawing
English term or phrase: circle junction
The term appears in a training handout on "Carpentry & Decoration". The English document was translated from German. Context follows:

Instructions and Guidelines:
- Discuss and explain the objectives.
- Explain the basic geometrical construction of perpendiculars and straight lines.
- Explain and construct line segments, angles and regular polygons.
- Explain and construct circles, arcs, **circle junctions** and ellipses.
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Alaa Zeineldine
Egypt
Local time: 22:45
rounded and filleted corners
Explanation:

'Circle junction' may be a literal mistranslation of 'Kreisanschluss', which means joining two straight lines with an arc of a circle to produce a rounded corner or filleted corner (outside corner or inside corner, respectively).

refs (the first one comes from a list of topics in practical geometry course):

Konstruktionen mit Kreisen
* Geraden und Kreise
* Konstruktion einer Tangente
* Gemeinsame Tangente zweier Kreise
* Kreisanschluss im Winkel
http://www.dihk-bildungs-gmbh.de/index.php?id=424

Using Drawing Instrument
Using the Tools. Straight line. Arc, Circle. 4. Circle template .... Round. FILLET AND ROUND. To draw the arc, we must find the location of the center of ...
pioneer.netserv.chula.ac.th/~kjirapon/PowerPoint/Chapter%2002%20Using%20Drawing%20Tools.ppt

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Ken Cox
Local time: 21:45
Grading comment
Thank you. I was able to confirm that this is the intended meaning. The term "circle" is used because one or more circles are used in constructing the correct arc joining the two lines in the tech drawing. The lines may be intersecting or parallel, so it is not necessarily a corner.
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +4where two or more circles join.
Gary D
3curve; section of a circle; segment of a circle
Cilian O'Tuama
3rounded and filleted corners
Ken Cox


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
curve; section of a circle; segment of a circle


Explanation:
would fit in with the surrounding context (arcs, circles and ellipses)

don't know what the German original might have been - hardly Kreisabschnitt?

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 21:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 6
Notes to answerer
Asker: What is "Kreisschnitt" and "Kreisabschnitt"?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kim Metzger: I don't know enough about math to agree, but could the original have been Kreisschnitt?
1 hr
  -> I'd say that's even less likely than the ab version
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
where two or more circles join.


Explanation:
When you have to have two or more circles join, like in a mirror frame, or in a cabinet bench top there is what is called a junction of circles. at this junction point there are angles and equations that need to be calculated. to ensure the intersections are correct. Than you must be able to make the item.

Gary D
Local time: 06:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Moore (X): Looks the most likely to me
1 hr
  -> Thanks a lot

agree  kmtext: I'd say this is the most likely, given the context, but it would help to have the original German for reference.
1 hr
  -> Thank You

agree  Phong Le
6 hrs
  -> Thank You

agree  V_Nedkov
14 days
  -> Thank you
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
rounded and filleted corners


Explanation:

'Circle junction' may be a literal mistranslation of 'Kreisanschluss', which means joining two straight lines with an arc of a circle to produce a rounded corner or filleted corner (outside corner or inside corner, respectively).

refs (the first one comes from a list of topics in practical geometry course):

Konstruktionen mit Kreisen
* Geraden und Kreise
* Konstruktion einer Tangente
* Gemeinsame Tangente zweier Kreise
* Kreisanschluss im Winkel
http://www.dihk-bildungs-gmbh.de/index.php?id=424

Using Drawing Instrument
Using the Tools. Straight line. Arc, Circle. 4. Circle template .... Round. FILLET AND ROUND. To draw the arc, we must find the location of the center of ...
pioneer.netserv.chula.ac.th/~kjirapon/PowerPoint/Chapter%2002%20Using%20Drawing%20Tools.ppt



Ken Cox
Local time: 21:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you. I was able to confirm that this is the intended meaning. The term "circle" is used because one or more circles are used in constructing the correct arc joining the two lines in the tech drawing. The lines may be intersecting or parallel, so it is not necessarily a corner.
Notes to answerer
Asker: BTW, the course is not for carpenters. This is a tech institute for auto-engineering technicians, but they first get foundation courses in workshop technology that covers all types of workshops.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  David Moore (X): If it is, it were better rendered as "transitional curves", or something along those lines. //(Sorry for the typo - don't want them getting Brahms, do we...?)
11 mins
  -> for carpenters?
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