Translations:Sketcher CreateLine/5/en
Appearance
- 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.