Draft SubelementHighlight

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Draft SubelementHighlight

Menu location
Modification → Subelement highlight
Workbenches
Draft, Arch
Default shortcut
D E
Introduced in version
-
See also
Draft Edit

Description

The SubelementHighlight tool allows you to graphically edit certain properties of the selected object such as:

Unlike the standard Draft Edit, it allows you to edit multiple nodes of multiple objects at the same time.

File:Draft Edit Improved Example.png

Editing a wire

Usage

  1. Select an object.
  2. There are several ways to invoke the command:
    • Press the SubelementHighlight button
    • Use the D then E keyboard shortcut
    • Use the Modification → Subelement highlight entry in the Draft menu
  3. Click on all the points that you wish to move.
  4. Click another point on the 3D view, or type a coordinate and press the add point button.
  5. Press Esc or the Close button to complete the current command.

The tool mostly works on Draft objects: Draft Wires, Draft Lines, Draft Rectangles, Draft Circles, Draft Arcs, Draft Polygons, and Draft BSplines. Other object types must first be converted to these objects.

Options

Scripting

See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

There is no programming interface available for the Edit tool. Each object is modified by changing its attributes directly.