Draft Snap Center
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Draft Snap Center |
Menu location |
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None |
Workbenches |
Draft, Arch |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
- |
See also |
Draft Snap, Draft Snap Lock |
Description
The Draft Snap Center option snaps to the center point of faces and circular edges, and to the Placement point of Draft WorkingPlaneProxies and Arch BuildingParts. Faces and edges can belong to Draft or Arch objects but also to objects created with other workbenches.
File:Draft Snap Center example.png
Snapping the second point of a line to the center of an arc
Usage
For general information about snapping and the related preferences see: Draft Snap.
- Make sure snapping is enabled. See: Draft Snap Lock.
- If Draft Snap Center is not switched on do one of the following:
- Press the Draft Snap Center button in the Draft snap toolbar.
- Press the button in the Draft snap widget and in the menu select the Snap Center option.
- Choose a Draft or Arch command to create your geometry.
- Note that you can also change snap options while a command is active.
- Do one of the following:
- To select the center point of a face or circular edge:
- Move the pointer over the face or edge.
- The face or edge is highlighted.
- To select the Placement point of a Draft WorkingPlaneProxy:
- Move the pointer over any element of the WP proxy.
- The WP proxy is not highlighted.
- To select the Placement point of an Arch BuildingPart:
- Move the pointer over the small axis symbol of the BuildingPart or over the text next to it that displays the label of the BuildingPart and its level.
- Only the edges of the axis symbol are highlighted.
- To select the center point of a face or circular edge:
- If a center point or a Placement point is found the point is marked and the icon is displayed near the pointer.
- Click to confirm the point.
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
- Getting started
- Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
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