Anonymous 1123
I want to construct triangle with three sides 3, 5, 7 in the xy plane. My code

\documentclass[border=2mm,tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz-3dplot}
\usetikzlibrary{intersections}
\begin{document}
\tdplotsetmaincoords{60}{150}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1,tdplot_main_coords,line join = round,
line cap = round, declare function={R=5;}]
\path
(0,0,0) coordinate (B)
(0, 7, 0) coordinate (C)
;
\begin{scope}[canvas is xy plane at z=0]
\path [name intersections={of=cB and cC}];
\coordinate (A) at (intersection-1);
\path [name intersections={of=cB and cC}];
\coordinate (D) at (intersection-2);
\end{scope}
\path foreach \p/\g in {B/90,C/90,A/60,D/90}
{ (\p) node[circle,fill,inner sep=1pt,label=\g:{{$\p$}}]{}};
\draw (A) -- (B) --(C) --cycle
(C) -- (B) --(D) --cycle
;
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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If the plane is not xy plane, How to find intersection point of two circles in any plane?

**UPDATE**
Find intersection of two circles (ABC) and (ABD) where

(-4, 2, 3) coordinate (A)
(1, -2, 6) coordinate (B)
(1, 5, 7) coordinate (C)
(5,2,6) coordinate (D)

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I copied this code from comment

\documentclass[border=2mm,tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz-3dplot}
\usetikzlibrary{3dtools,intersections}
\begin{document}
\tdplotsetmaincoords{60}{150}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1,tdplot_main_coords,line join = round,
line cap = round, declare function={R=5;}]
\path
(1,2,3) coordinate (I)
(-4, 2, 3) coordinate (A)
(1, -2, 6) coordinate (B)
(1, 5, 7) coordinate (C)
(5,2,6) coordinate (D)
;
\path[every path/.append style={name path global=c1}] pic{3d circle through 3 points={%
A={(A)},B={(B)},C={(C)},center name=H}};
\path[every path/.append style={name path global=c2}] pic{3d circle through 3 points={%
A={(A)},B={(B)},C={(D)},center name= K}};
%\path [name intersections={of=c1 and c2}];

\begin{scope}[shift={(I)}]
\end{scope}
\path[name intersections={of=c1 and c2,total=\t}]
%\pgfextra{\typeout{\t}}
foreach \X in {1,...,\t}
{(intersection-\X) node[circle,draw,inner sep=1ex,label=above:$\X$]{}};
\path foreach \p/\g in {I/0,A/90,B/90,C/90,D/90}
{ (\p) node[circle,fill,inner sep=1pt,label=\g:{{$\p$}}]{}};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

I got incorrect result
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marmot
Here is one possible way to answer the question. We are given two points, A and B, which are the centers of the circles or radii r1 and r2, respectively. A third point C which is not collinear with A--B defines a plane in three dimensions going through A, B and C. Then there are four cases:
1. The distance d between A and B is larger than the sum of the two radii, i.e. d>r1+r2, or r1>r2+d or r2>r1+d, in which case there is no intersection.
2. r1+r2=d, in which case there is a unique intersection.
3. r1+r2>d but neither r1>r2+d nor r2>r1+d. Then there are two intersections.

These cases are covered by the following code.


\documentclass[border=2mm,tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz-3dplot}% https://github.com/marmotghost/tikz-3dtools
\usetikzlibrary{3dtools}
\begin{document}
\tdplotsetmaincoords{60}{150}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1,tdplot_main_coords,line join = round,
line cap = round, declare function={r1=5;r2=4;},
declare function={cosinelaw(\a,\b,\c)=acos((\a*\a+\b*\b-\c*\c)/(2*\a*\b));}]
\path (1,2,3) coordinate (A)
(4,5,6) coordinate (B)
(2,1,-3) coordinate (C);
% distance
\pgfmathsetmacro{\myd}{sqrt(TD("(A)-(B)o(A)-(B)"))}
\ifdim\myd pt<0.2pt\relax
\typeout{The two center points are too close to each other.}
\else
\pgfmathtruncatemacro{\itest}{(\myd+r1<r2?0:1)*(\myd+r2<r1?0:1)*(sign(r1+r2-\myd)+1)}
\ifcase\itest
\typeout{The circles do not intersect.}
\or
\typeout{There is one unique intersection.}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\myr}{r1/\myd}
\path[3d coordinate={(I)=(A)-\myr*(A)+\myr*(B)}];
\or
\pgfmathsetmacro{\myn}{TD("(A)-(B)x(A)-(C)")}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\myn}{sqrt(TD("(\myn)o(\myn)"))}
\ifdim\myn pt<0.1pt\relax
\typeout{The three points defining the plane are too collinear.}
\else
\pgfmathsetmacro{\mynx}{1/\myd}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\myex}{TD("\mynx*(A)-\mynx*(B)")}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\myn}{TD("(A)-(B)x(A)-(C)")}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\myey}{TD("(\myex)x(\myn)")}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\myny}{1/sqrt(TD("(\myey)o(\myey)"))}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\myey}{TD("\myny*(\myey)")}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\myalpha}{cosinelaw(r1,\myd,r2)}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\mya}{-r1*cos(\myalpha)}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\myb}{r1*sin(\myalpha)}
\path[3d coordinate={(I_1)=(A)+\mya*(\myex)+\myb*(\myey)},
3d coordinate={(I_2)=(A)+\mya*(\myex)-\myb*(\myey)}];
\pgfmathsetmacro{\tsta}{sqrt(TD("(B)-(I_1)o(B)-(I_1)"))}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\tstb}{sqrt(TD("(B)-(I_2)o(B)-(I_2)"))}
\path[overlay] (\myex) coordinate (ex) 	(\myey) coordinate (ey);
\begin{scope}[x={(ex)},y={(ey)}]
\end{scope}
\path foreach \X in {A,B,C,I_1,I_2}
{(\X) node[circle,inner sep=1pt,fill,label=above:{$% \pgfmathparse{TD("(\X)")}% \X=(\pgfmathprintvector\pgfmathresult)$}]{}};
\fi
\fi
\fi
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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