I know of an equilateral triangle the center (cx,cy) and the radius (r) of a blue circle which circumscribed it.
If I draw a green circle of any radius (radius), assuming the circle is large enough to have this intersection, can I get the coordinates of the 6 intersection points (P1, P2, P3...)?
I'm looking for P5JS/processing but any other clue can help me...
Thank you in advance
Distance from the center to top point is r
.
Distance from the center to the lowest triangle side is r/2
(median intersection point is center, they are divided in 1:2 ratio).
Horizontal distance from cx
to p4
(and p5) is (Pythagoras' theorem)
dx = sqrt(radius^2 - r^2/4)
So coordinates of p4
and p5
are (relative to center)
p4x = dx
p4y = r/2
p5x = -dx
p5y = r/2
Other points might be calculated using rotation by 120 degrees
p2x = p4x*(-1/2) - p4y*(sqrt(3)/2)
p2y = p4x*(sqrt(3)/2) + p4y*(-1/2)
and so on.
And finally add cx,cy
to get absolute coordinates