Translations:Sketcher CreateLine/5/en
- There are several ways to invoke the tool:
- Press the Create line button.
- Select the Sketcher → Sketcher geometries → Create line option from the menu.
- Use the keyboard shortcut: G then L.
- The cursor changes to a cross with the current tool mode icon.
- If On-View-Parameters are enabled the Line parameters section (introduced in version 1.0) is added at the top of the Sketcher Dialog.
- Optionally press the M key or select from the dropdown list in the parameters section to change the tool mode:
- Point, length, angle: introduced in version 1.0
- Pick the start point of the line. Or with Pos-OVP: enter its X and/or Y coordinate.
- Pick the endpoint of the line. Or with Dim-OVP: enter the length and/or angle of the line. The angle is relative to the X axis of the sketch.
- Point, width, height: introduced in version 1.0
- Pick the start point of the line. Or with Pos-OVP: enter its X and/or Y coordinate.
- Pick the endpoint of the line. Or with Dim-OVP: enter its X and/or Y distance from the start point.
- 2 points:
- Pick the start point of the line. Or with Pos-OVP: enter its X and/or Y coordinate.
- Pick the endpoint of the line. Or with Pos-OVP: enter its X and/or Y coordinate.
- Point, length, angle: introduced in version 1.0
- The line is created and applicable Pos-OVP and Dim-OVP based constraints are added.
- If the tool runs in continue mode:
- Optionally keep creating lines.
- To finish, right-click or press Esc, or start another geometry or constraint creation tool.