Draft Arc 3Points
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Draft Arc 3Points |
Menu location |
---|
Drafting → Arc tools → Arc by 3 points |
Workbenches |
Draft, Arch |
Default shortcut |
A T |
Introduced in version |
0.19 |
See also |
Draft Arc, Draft Circle |
Description
The Draft Arc 3Points command creates a circular arc in the current working plane by entering three points that lie on its circumference. The center and radius are determined from these three points. It uses the Draft Linestyle set on the Draft Tray.
Arc defined by three points lying on its circumference
Usage
- There are several ways to invoke the command:
- Press the Draft Arc 3Points button.
- Select the Drafting → Arc tools → Arc by 3 points option from the menu.
- Use the keyboard shortcut: A then T.
- Click the first point in the 3D view, or type coordinates and press the Enter point button.
- Click the second point in the 3D view, or type coordinates and press the Enter point button.
- Click the third point in the 3D view, or type coordinates and press the Enter point button.
Options
- Press X, Y or Z after one point to constrain the following point on the given axis.
- To enter coordinates manually, simply enter the numbers, then press Enter between each X, Y and Z component.
- Press R or click the checkbox to toggle relative mode. If relative mode is on, the coordinates of the following point are relative to the previous one; if not, they are absolute, taken from the origin
(0, 0, 0)
. - Hold Shift while drawing to constrain your next point horizontally or vertically in relation to the previous one.
- Press Esc or the Close button to abort the command.
Notes
- A Draft Arc can be edited with the Draft Edit command.
Properties
A Draft Arc is in fact a Draft Circle with a DataFirst Angle that is not the same as its DataLast Angle. A Draft Arc therefore has the same properties as a Draft Circle.
Scripting
See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.
To create a Draft Arc by 3 points use the make_arc_3points
method of the Draft module:
arc = make_arc_3points(points, placement=None, face=False, support=None, map_mode="Deactivated", primitive=False)
- Creates an
arc
object from the givenpoints
list. - If a
placement
is given, the center of the circular arc will be moved to this place. See Placement for more information. - If
face
isTrue
, the arc will make a face, that is, it will appear filled. - If
support
is given, it is aLinkSubList
, that is, a list indicating an object, and a subelement of that object. This is used so that the object appears referenced to this support.
- For example:
support=[(obj, ("Face1"))]
.
- If
map_mode
is given, it is a string defining a type of mapping, for example:map_mode='FlatFace'
,map_mode='ThreePointsPlane'
, etc. See Part Attachment for more information. - If
primitive
isTrue
, the arc created will be a simple Part Feature, not a complex Draft object.
Example:
import FreeCAD as App
import Draft
doc = App.newDocument()
points = [App.Vector(0, 0, 0),
App.Vector(5, 10, 0),
App.Vector(10, 0, 0)]
arc = Draft.make_arc_3points(points)
doc.recompute()
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- 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
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