Straight line drawing mechanism 1

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Channel: thang010146 · 2011 · Science & Technology

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It is an ellipse mechanism.
Every point of the small magenta circle (circumcircle of isosceles triangle ACD) traces a straight line (in violet).
Circumcenter of triangle ACD traces a circle (in green).
The small magenta circle rolls inside the large fixed magenta one. They are Cardano circles.

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