Help! I’m not understanding D1.1 2010 figure 5.2
D1.1 2010 Figure 5.2, Optional Method For Making Corner Radius, I understand the top tangent line and the 3/8” radius on the access hole. I don’t understand the bottom tangent line intersecting the radius line, because if I go to:
D1.1 2010 Clause 5.17 “Weld access holes shall provide a smooth transition that does not cut past the points of tangency between adjacent surfaces….”
Then I flip pages to:
D1.1 2010 Figure 5.2, OPTIONAL METHOD FOR MAKING CORNER RADIUS. There is a statement “NEED NOT BE TANGENT”
Would someone "splain" to me what I’m reading.
Or do I go by the Figure 5.2 drawing ?
Thanking all, in advance for the help that I know is coming.