Sketcher CreateLine
Appearance
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| Menu location |
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| Sketch → Geometries → Line |
| Workbenches |
| Sketcher |
| Default shortcut |
| G L |
| Introduced in version |
| - |
| See also |
| Sketcher CreatePolyline |
Description
The Sketcher CreateLine tool creates a line. introduced in 1.0: If On-View-Parameters are enabled the tool has three modes.
Usage
See also: Drawing aids.
Pos-OVP = Positional On-View-Parameters. introduced in 1.0
Dim-OVP = Dimensional On-View-Parameters. introduced in 1.0
- There are several ways to invoke the tool:
- Press the
Line button.
- Select the Sketch → Geometries →
Line option from the menu.
- Use the keyboard shortcut: G then L.
- Press the
- The cursor changes to a cross with the current tool mode icon.
- If On-View-Parameters are enabled the Line Parameters section (introduced in 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 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 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.
- 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.
- General: New Sketch, Edit Sketch, Attach Sketch, Reorient Sketch, Validate Sketch, Merge Sketches, Mirror Sketch, Leave Sketch, Align View to Sketch, Toggle Section View, Stop Operation, Grid, Snap, Rendering Order
- Geometries: Point, Polyline, Line, Arc From Center, Arc From 3 Points, Elliptical Arc, Hyperbolic Arc, Parabolic Arc, Circle From Center, Circle From 3 Points, Ellipse From Center, Ellipse From 3 Points, Rectangle, Centered Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Triangle, Square, Pentagon, Hexagon, Heptagon, Octagon, Polygon, Slot, Arc Slot, B-Spline, Periodic B-Spline, B-Spline From Knots, Periodic B-Spline From Knots, Toggle Construction Geometry
- Constraints:
- Dimensional Constraints: Dimension, Horizontal Dimension, Vertical Dimension, Distance Dimension, Radius/Diameter Dimension, Radius Dimension, Diameter Dimension, Angle Dimension, Lock Position
- Geometric Constraints: Coincident Constraint (Unified), Coincident Constraint, Point-On-Object Constraint, Horizontal/Vertical Constraint, Horizontal Constraint, Vertical Constraint, Parallel Constraint, Perpendicular Constraint, Tangent/Collinear Constraint, Equal Constraint, Symmetric Constraint, Block Constraint, Refraction Constraint
- Constraint Tools: Toggle Driving/Reference Constraints, Toggle Constraints
- Sketcher Tools: Fillet, Chamfer, Trim Edge, Split Edge, Extend Edge, External Projection, External Intersection, Carbon Copy, Select Origin, Select Horizontal Axis, Select Vertical Axis, Move/Array Transform, Rotate/Polar Transform, Scale, Offset, Mirror, Remove Axes Alignment, Delete All Geometry, Delete All Constraints, Copy Elements, Cut Elements, Paste Elements
- B-Spline Tools: Geometry to B-Spline, Increase B-Spline Degree, Decrease B-Spline Degree, Increase Knot Multiplicity, Decrease Knot Multiplicity, Insert Knot, Join Curves
- Visual Helpers: Select Under-Constrained Elements, Select Associated Constraints, Select Associated Geometry, Select Redundant Constraints, Select Conflicting Constraints, Toggle Circular Helper for Arcs, Toggle B-Spline Degree, Toggle B-Spline Control Polygon, Toggle B-Spline Curvature Comb, Toggle B-Spline Knot Multiplicity, Toggle B-Spline Control Point Weight, Toggle Internal Geometry, Switch Virtual Space
- Additional: Sketcher Dialog, Preferences, Sketcher scripting
- Getting started
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