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The [[Image:Draft_ToggleConstructionMode.svg|24px]] '''Draft ToggleConstructionMode''' command switches Draft construction mode on or off. If construction mode is on new Draft objects (except [[Draft_Point|Draft Points]]) are placed in a dedicated group and given a predefined color. This feature is intend for, often temporary, construction geometry that provides [[Draft_Snap|snap points]] for creating other objects. |
The [[Image:Draft_ToggleConstructionMode.svg|24px]] '''Draft ToggleConstructionMode''' command switches Draft construction mode on or off. If construction mode is on new Draft objects (except [[Draft_Point|Draft Points]]) are placed in a dedicated group and given a predefined color. This feature is intend for, often temporary, construction geometry that provides [[Draft_Snap|snap points]] for creating other objects. Placing construction geometry in a group makes it easier to hide or delete the object involved. |
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Revision as of 15:16, 27 July 2021
Draft ToggleConstructionMode |
Menu location |
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Draft → Utilities → Toggle construction mode |
Workbenches |
Draft, Arch |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
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See also |
Draft AddConstruction |
Description
The Draft ToggleConstructionMode command switches Draft construction mode on or off. If construction mode is on new Draft objects (except Draft Points) are placed in a dedicated group and given a predefined color. This feature is intend for, often temporary, construction geometry that provides snap points for creating other objects. Placing construction geometry in a group makes it easier to hide or delete the object involved.
Construction geometry, in blue, used to determine the center and radius of a circle
Bug in version 0.19
In FreeCAD version 0.19 this command and the Draft AddConstruction command can use different groups. To avoid this change the Construction group name in the preferences to Draft_Construction
: Edit → Preferences... → Draft → General settings → Construction Geometry → Construction group name. In version 0.20 the Construction group name is used for the label of the construction group, the name of the group is always Draft_Construction
.
Usage
- Press the Toggle construction mode button.
- Draw some objects.
- Press the Toggle construction mode button again to go back to normal mode.
The construction mode button is present in the Draft Tray toolbar, which only appears in the Draft and Arch workbenches.
The color and the group name can be changed in the Draft Preferences.
Properties
- ViewVisibility The construction geometry can be hidden
false
or deleted after it is no longer needed. (Admin Edit: review accuracy)
- Drafting: Line, Polyline, Fillet, Arc, Arc by 3 points, Circle, Ellipse, Rectangle, Polygon, B-spline, Cubic Bézier curve, Bézier curve, Point, Facebinder, ShapeString, Hatch
- Annotation: Text, Dimension, Label, Annotation styles, Annotation scale
- Modification: Move, Rotate, Scale, Mirror, Offset, Trimex, Stretch, Clone, Array, Polar array, Circular array, Path array, Path link array, Point array, Point link array, Edit, Subelement highlight, Join, Split, Upgrade, Downgrade, Wire to B-spline, Draft to sketch, Set slope, Flip dimension, Shape 2D view
- Draft Tray: Select plane, Set style, Toggle construction mode, AutoGroup
- Snapping: Snap lock, Snap endpoint, Snap midpoint, Snap center, Snap angle, Snap intersection, Snap perpendicular, Snap extension, Snap parallel, Snap special, Snap near, Snap ortho, Snap grid, Snap working plane, Snap dimensions, Toggle grid
- Miscellaneous: Apply current style, Layer, Manage layers, Add a new named group, Move to group, Select group, Add to construction group, Toggle normal/wireframe display, Create working plane proxy, Heal, Show snap toolbar
- Additional: Constraining, Pattern, Preferences, Import Export Preferences, DXF/DWG, SVG, OCA, DAT
- Context menu:
- Layer container: Merge layer duplicates, Add new layer
- Layer: Activate this layer, Select layer contents
- Text: Open hyperlinks
- Wire: Flatten
- Working plane proxy: Write camera position, Write objects state
- Getting started
- Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
- Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help FreeCAD, Donate
- Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
- Workbenches: Std Base, Arch, Assembly, CAM, Draft, FEM, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Points, Reverse Engineering, Robot, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework
- Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub