Sketcher CreateArcOfParabola

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Sketcher CreateArcOfParabola.svg Sketcher CreateArcOfParabola

Menu location
Sketch → Sketcher geometries → Create an arc of parabola
Workbenches
Sketcher
Default shortcut
G J
Introduced in version
0.17
See also
Sketcher Arc of ellipse, Sketcher Arc of hyperbola

Description

This tool creates an arc of parabola by focus, vertex and endpoints.

Sketcher Arc of Parabola 01.png

Usage

  1. Press the Sketcher CreateArcOfParabola.svg Create an arc of parabola button.
  2. Click in the 3D view to define the focus point (labelled 1 in the picture above).
  3. Click in the 3D view to define the tip of the arc of hyperbola (labelled 2 in the picture above).
  4. Click in the 3D view to define the first end point (labelled 3 in the picture above).
  5. Click a fourth time in the 3D view to define the other end point (labelled 4 in the picture above).