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Point 2 Angles
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Create a point in a plane based on two angles. This is how geographical triangulation works.

The angles may not be identical as parallel rays do not intersect. Note that nearly identical angles will result in a triangulated point which is very far away from the measurement origins.

Also note that if the angles are divergent, no intersection is possible in the direction of the semi-finite rays leaving the origin points, but the second component output will provide the triangulated point based on the infinite lines.

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Example file Point2Angles.ghz.Interactive in Grasshopper 2
Construct a point from two fixed origins and two triangulation angles. When the angles diverge, the green point disappears, but the pink circle will still exist. Yellow lines are drawn to show the triangulation angles.