Draft ToggleConstructionMode
Draft ToggleConstructionMode |
Menu location |
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Draft → Utilities → Toggle construction mode |
Workbenches |
Draft, Arch |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
- |
See also |
Draft AddConstruction |
Description
The Draft Workbench features a construction mode, which allows the user to draw shapes in a special Std Group, with a defined color. The construction geometry is comprised of lines, points, and other shapes that serve as references or snapping elements which are helpful in building your main geometry. The construction geometry can be hidden (ViewVisibility false
) or deleted after it is no longer needed.
Construction geometry in blue helping to set the center of the circle
Usage
- Press the Toggle construction mode button.
- Draw some objects.
- Press the Toggle construction mode button again to go back to normal mode.
The construction mode button is present in the Draft Tray toolbar, which only appears in the Draft and Arch workbenches.
The color and the group name can be changed in the Draft Preferences.
Properties
- ViewVisibility The construction geometry can be hidden
false
or deleted after it is no longer needed. (Admin Edit: review accuracy)
Draft
- Drafting: Line, Polyline, Fillet, Arc, Arc by 3 points, Circle, Ellipse, Rectangle, Polygon, B-spline, Cubic Bézier curve, Bézier curve, Point, Facebinder, ShapeString, Hatch
- Annotation: Text, Dimension, Label, Annotation styles, Annotation scale
- Modification: Move, Rotate, Scale, Mirror, Offset, Trimex, Stretch, Clone, Array, Polar array, Circular array, Path array, Path link array, Point array, Point link array, Edit, Subelement highlight, Join, Split, Upgrade, Downgrade, Wire to B-spline, Draft to sketch, Set slope, Flip dimension, Shape 2D view
- Draft Tray: Select plane, Set style, Toggle construction mode, AutoGroup
- Snapping: Snap lock, Snap endpoint, Snap midpoint, Snap center, Snap angle, Snap intersection, Snap perpendicular, Snap extension, Snap parallel, Snap special, Snap near, Snap ortho, Snap grid, Snap working plane, Snap dimensions, Toggle grid
- Miscellaneous: Apply current style, Layer, Manage layers, Add a new named group, Move to group, Select group, Add to construction group, Toggle normal/wireframe display, Create working plane proxy, Heal, Show snap toolbar
- Additional: Constraining, Pattern, Preferences, Import Export Preferences, DXF/DWG, SVG, OCA, DAT
- Context menu:
- Layer container: Merge layer duplicates, Add new layer
- Layer: Activate this layer, Select layer contents
- Text: Open hyperlinks
- Wire: Flatten
- Working plane proxy: Write camera position, Write objects state
User documentation
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