Draft Wire

Description
The Draft Wire command creates a polyline, a sequence of several connected line segments. The command can also be used to join Draft Lines and Draft Wires.

The corners of a Draft Wire can be filleted (rounded) or chamfered by changing its or  respectively. It is also possible to subdivide the edges of a Draft Wire by changing its property.



Usage
See also: Draft Tray, Draft Snap and Draft Constrain.


 * 1) There are several ways to invoke the command:
 * 2) * Press the button.
 * 3) * Select the option from the menu.
 * 4) * Use the keyboard shortcut: then.
 * 5) The  task panel opens. See Options for more information.
 * 6) Pick the first point in the 3D view, or type coordinates and press the  button.
 * 7) Pick additional points in the 3D view, or type coordinates and press the  button.
 * 8) Press  or the  button to finish the command.

Options
The single character keyboard shortcuts available in the task panel can be changed. See Draft Preferences. The shortcuts mentioned here are the default shortcuts.


 * To manually enter coordinates enter the X, Y and Z component, and press after each. Or you can press the  button when you have the desired values. It is advisable to move the pointer out of the 3D view before entering coordinates.
 * Press or click the  checkbox to toggle relative mode. If relative mode is on, coordinates are relative to the last point, if available, else they are relative to the coordinate system origin.
 * Press or click the  checkbox to toggle global mode. If global mode is on, coordinates are relative to the global coordinate system, else they are relative to the working plane coordinate system.
 * Press or click the  checkbox to toggle filled mode. If filled mode is on, the created wire will have  set to  and will have a filled face, provided it is closed and does not self-intersect. Note that a self-intersecting wire with a face will not display properly, for such a wire  must be set to.
 * Press or click the  checkbox to toggle continue mode. If continue mode is on, the command will restart after using  or, or after creating a closed wire by snapping to the first point of the wire, allowing you to continue creating wires.
 * Press the button to undo the last point. The + keyboard shortcut currently does not work as expected.
 * Press or the  button to finish the command and leave the wire open.
 * Press or the  button to finish the command and close the wire. A closed wire can also be created by snapping to the first point of the wire.
 * Press or the  button to delete the segments already placed, but keep working from the last point.
 * Press or the  button to adjust the current working plane in the orientation of the last segment.
 * Press to switch Draft snapping on or off.
 * Press or the  button to finish the command.

Usage

 * 1) The end points of the Draft Lines and/or Draft Wires to be joined must be exactly coincident. If required first adjust points to ensure that this is the case.
 * 2) Select two or more Draft Lines and/or Draft Wires.
 * 3) There are several ways to invoke the command:
 * 4) * Press the button.
 * 5) * Select the option from the menu.
 * 6) * Use the keyboard shortcut: then.

Preferences
See also: Preferences Editor and Draft Preferences.


 * To change the number of decimals used for the input of coordinates:.
 * To change the initial value of filled mode: . Changing the filled mode in a task panel will override this preference for the current FreeCAD session.

Properties
See also: Property editor.

A Draft Wire object is derived from a Part Part2DObject and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties:

Data

 * : (read-only) specifies the area of the face of the wire. The value will be if  if  or the face cannot be created.
 * : specifies the length of the chamfers at the corners of the wire.
 * : specifies if the wire is closed or not. If the wire is initially open this value is, setting it to will draw a line segment to close the wire. If the wire is initially closed this value is , setting it to  will remove the last line segment and make the wire open.
 * : specifies the end point of the wire.
 * : specifies the radius of the fillets at the corners of the wire.
 * : (read-only) specifies the total length of the wire.
 * : specifies if the wire makes a face or not. If it is a face is created, otherwise only the edges are considered part of the object. This property only works if  is  and if the wire does not self-intersect.
 * : specifies the points of the wire in its local coordinate system.
 * : specifies the start point of the wire.
 * : specifies the number of subdivisions for each edge of the wire. If it is each edge will be divided into  equal segments. Subdivisions are applied before chamfers and fillets.
 * : specifies the number of subdivisions for each edge of the wire. If it is each edge will be divided into  equal segments. Subdivisions are applied before chamfers and fillets.

View

 * : specifies the size of the symbol displayed at the end of the wire.
 * : specifies the type of symbol displayed at the end of the wire, which can be, , , or.
 * : specifies whether to show a symbol at the end of the wire, so it can be used as an annotation line.
 * : specifies the Draft Pattern with which to fill the face of the closed wire. This property only works if is  and if  is.
 * : specifies the size of the Draft Pattern.

Scripting
See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

To create a Draft Wire use the method  of the Draft module. This method replaces the deprecated method.


 * Creates a object with the given list of points,.
 * Each point in the list is defined by its, with units in millimeters.
 * Alternatively, the input can be a, from which points are extracted.
 * If is, or if the first and last points are identical, the wire is closed.
 * If is  the shape is created at the origin.
 * If is, and the wire is closed, the wire will make a face, that is, it will appear filled.

Example: