Assembly3 TracePartMove
This documentation is not finished. Please help and contribute documentation.
GuiCommand model explains how commands should be documented. Browse Category:UnfinishedDocu to see more incomplete pages like this one. See Category:Command Reference for all commands.
See WikiPages to learn about editing the wiki pages, and go to Help FreeCAD to learn about other ways in which you can contribute.
Assembly3 TracePartMove |
Menu location |
---|
Assembly3 → Trace part move |
Workbenches |
Assembly3 |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
- |
See also |
None |
Description
The Trace part move command traces one single point of a kinematic assembly, when one of the assembled objects is moved with either the Move part tool or the Axial move tool.
Usage
- Optionally select a wire object:
- A point to trace itself.
- An edge or face to trace the center point of its shape.
- Activate the Trace part move command using one of the following:
- The Trace part move button.
- The Assembly3 → Trace part move menu option.
- Select one object of the assembly and move it using one of the following:
- The Move part tool.
- The Axial move tool.
- Press the esc key or the OK button (Axial move only) to finish tracing.
- Find an AsmTrace object in the Tree view.
Notes
- If you don't select any shape in the first step, you will be tracing the shape that was selected in the third step.
- To change the element to trace, you need to disable this tool before selecting a new element and enabling it again.
- If you control the movement with another tool such as this kinematic controller that allows to use a mover tool in parallel, you could use this tool to alter the assembly step by step and use the mover tool to add a point and connecting line on each step. It is possible to use the mover tool as a trigger by picking and dragging any of the arrows - just a tiny bit until the next point and line appears (use transparency if necessary).
- (I hope there will be a more elegant way in the future)
User documentation
- Getting started
- Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
- Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help FreeCAD, Donate
- Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
- Workbenches: Std Base, Arch, Assembly, CAM, Draft, FEM, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Points, Reverse Engineering, Robot, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework
- Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub