Tangential Relationship snaps How do they work in SW?

[mca4u]

I am pulling a circle close to a hidden line but even with "Tangential Snaps" turned on, I am not getting the tangential relationship to snap intuitively. I know I can select both entities and set the relationship, but shouldn't this be automatic (=faster) with "Tangential Snaps" checked?

I also drew a line and pulled a circle close to it, but no intuitive snap to the tangential relationship.

Please does SW not allow this with Snaps turned on?

Thanks for any help!

 

[ctopher]

Does it work if you move the line to the circle?

Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
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[maxh3]

Hmmm... The only time I've had the tangential snap thing work is when I didn't want it to. I didn't even know about it at first, but when I kept having lines attach way far from where I was trying to attach them, I figured there was some kind of tangent snap function. Quite frustrating actually.

 

[mca4u]

ctopher thanks you are right. I was doing a tutorial and it does work if you pull a line to the circle.