Draft Edit

Description
The tool allows you to graphically edit certain properties of the selected object, such as:
 * the vertices of a
 * the length and width of a
 * the radius of a

It does nothing more than enter the object's edit mode. Another way to edit the object is by double clicking on the element in the tree view.







Usage

 * 1) Select the object you want to change in the tree view. The selected object becomes  in drawing window.
 * 2) Press the  button, or double-click the object in the tree view, or Select the  option from the menu. The selected object becomes  with  vertices and in the Combo View panel an edit window is opened.






 * 1) Then press  +  or  +  buttons (for Linux OS) respectively  button (for Windows OS) and move mouse cursor
 * 2) * over a line, then and the appearing white field shows . If you click on that field a new vertex is added to the line. If you release buttons and push  the command will be canceled.


 * 1) * over a vertex, then and the appearing white field shows . If you click on that field the vertex is removed from the line. If you release buttons and push  the command will be canceled.


 * 1) Press  or the  button in the task panel to complete the current command.

Version 0.19 added new functionalities to Draft Edit such as multiple object editing and custom context menu. To display the context menu, user can press key or + while overing an edit node or an edited object. Beware not every object contains custom options, so the context menu will be only displayed for supported objects.

The tool works on Draft objects: Draft Wires, Draft Lines, Draft Rectangles, Draft Circles, Draft Arcs, Draft Polygons, and Draft BSplines. Other object types must first be converted to these objects.

Usage
See also: Draft Snap and Draft Constrain.


 * 1) Optionally select one or more objects. Note that although multiple objects can be in Draft Edit mode, objects can only be edited separately.
 * 2) There are several ways to invoke the command:
 * 3) * If you have not yet selected an object: double-click an object in the Tree view. This only work for Draft objects.
 * 4) * Press the button.
 * 5) * Select the option from the menu.
 * 6) * Use the keyboard shortcut: then.
 * 7) If you have not yet selected an object: select an object in the 3D view.
 * 8) The selected object is marked with temporary nodes, and the Main task panel opens. See Options for more information.
 * 9) Optionally use a node or edge context menu. These context menus are only available for some Draft objects.
 * 10) * Do one of the following:
 * 11) ** On all operating systems: hold down and click the node or edge. To use  you may have to click in the 3D view once to ensure that it has the focus.
 * 12) ** On Windows: hold down and click the node or edge.
 * 13) ** On Linux: hold down +, or +, and click the node or edge.
 * 14) ** On macOS: hold down and click the node or edge.
 * 15) * Select an option from the context menu.
 * 16) Optionally move a node:
 * 17) * Click the node in the 3D view.
 * 18) * The Move node task panel opens. See Options for more information.
 * 19) * Pick a new point in the 3D view, or type coordinates and press the button.
 * 20) * The result depends on the object and the selected node, and in some case on the option selected in the node context menu.
 * 21) Press  or the  button to finish the command.

Options
The single character keyboard shortcuts mentioned here can be changed. See Draft Preferences.

Main task panel

 * Press or the  button to finish the command. If a single Draft Wire has been selected the wire is closed.
 * Press or the  button to finish the command.

Move node task panel

 * 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.
 * To use polar coordinates enter a value for the and a value for the, and press  after each.
 * Check the checkbox to constrain the pointer to the specified angle.
 * The checkbox has no purpose for this command.
 * 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.
 * The checkbox has no purpose for this command.
 * The button has no purpose for this command.

Draft Wire

 * If the start or end node is moved so that they coincide the object is closed.

Context menus

 * Node context menu:.
 * Edge context menu:.

Context menus

 * Center node context menu:.
 * Start node context menu:.
 * End node context menu:.
 * Mid node context menu:.
 * Edge context menu: . Currently this does not work.

Draft Circle

 * No context menus for this object.

Draft Ellipse

 * No context menus for this object.

Draft Rectangle

 * No context menus for this object.

Draft Polygon

 * No context menus for this object.

Draft BSpline
See Draft Wire.

Draft BezCurve

 * If the start or end node is moved so that they coincide the object is closed. Currently this does not work properly.

Context menus

 * Node context menu:, , and.
 * Edge context menu:.

Draft Dimension

 * Angular dimensions cannot be edited.
 * The start and end nodes of parametric dimensions cannot be moved.
 * No context menus for this object.

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

There is no Python method to Draft Edit objects. To emulate the results of the command geometric properties of objects have to be modified.