Alignment to offset holes?

Hi all. First post. Sorry if it's a rookie question.

I want to do a Plan-Circle-Circle alignment.
The first hole is the x0 y0 origin.
The second hole has some given coordinates, say x8.0, y4.0.

I don't want to have to calculate the angle and use the "Offset angle" in the "Rotate to" field.
I also don't want to use an iterative alignment.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Steve

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Lab_ratt over 14 years ago

I have found that doing exactly what you don't want to do yields the most forgiving results.
Parts will look better if you do the rotation based on the angle.
Easy to calculate with this: http://www.engineersedge.com/calculators/triangle_solution_menu.htm

The angle for your 8X4 example would be: 26.56505

there's a very important lesson for you here, weedhopper

I'd pay attention to it
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Lab_ratt over 14 years ago

I have found that doing exactly what you don't want to do yields the most forgiving results.
Parts will look better if you do the rotation based on the angle.
Easy to calculate with this: http://www.engineersedge.com/calculators/triangle_solution_menu.htm

The angle for your 8X4 example would be: 26.56505

there's a very important lesson for you here, weedhopper

I'd pay attention to it
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