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{{Docnav
|[[Sketcher_ConstrainDistanceX|Horizontal distance]]
|[[Sketcher_ConstrainDistance|Distance]]
|[[Sketcher_Workbench|Sketcher]]
|IconL=Sketcher_ConstrainDistanceX.svg‎
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{{GuiCommand
{{GuiCommand
|Name=Sketcher ConstrainDistanceY
|Name=Sketcher ConstrainDistanceY
|Workbenches=[[Sketcher Workbench|Sketcher]]
|MenuLocation=Sketch → Sketcher constraints → Constrain vertical distance
|MenuLocation=Sketch → Sketcher constraints → Constrain vertical distance
|Workbenches=[[Sketcher_Workbench|Sketcher]]
|Shortcut=Shift+V
|Shortcut={{KEY|I}}
|SeeAlso=[[Sketcher_ConstrainDistanceX|Constrain Horizontal Distance]], [[Sketcher_ConstrainDistance|Constrain Length]]
|SeeAlso=[[Sketcher_ConstrainDistanceX|Sketcher ConstrainDistanceX]], [[Sketcher_ConstrainDistance|Sketcher ConstrainDistance]]
}}
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==Description== <!--T:2-->
==Description== <!--T:2-->

Fixes the vertical distance between 2 points or line ends. If only one item is selected, the distance is set to the origin.
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The [[Image:Sketcher_ConstrainDistanceY.svg|24px]] [[Sketcher_ConstrainDistanceY|Sketcher ConstrainDistanceY]] tool
fixes the vertical distance between two points or the endpoints of a line. If a single point is pre-selected, the distance is relative to the origin of the sketch.

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[[File:Sketcher ConstraintDistanceY example.png]]
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==Usage== <!--T:3-->
==Usage== <!--T:3-->
# Pick one or two points.
# Press the {{KEY|[[File:Sketcher ConstrainDistanceY.png|24px]] '''Constrain vertical distance'''}} button.


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See also: [[Sketcher_Workbench#Drawing_aids|Drawing aids]].
'''Note:''' the constraint tool can also be started with no prior selection, but will require selection of two points. To set the distance to the origin, the sketch origin point needs to be selected as well. By default the command will be in continue mode to create new constraints; press the right mouse button or {{KEY|ESC}} once to quit the command.

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# Make sure there is no selection.
# There are several ways to invoke the tool:
#* {{Version|1.0}}: If the {{MenuCommand|Dimensioning constraints}} [[Sketcher_Preferences#General|preference]] is set to {{Value|Single tool}} (default): press the down arrow to the right of the {{Button|[[Image:Sketcher_Dimension.svg||x16px]][[Image:Toolbar_flyout_arrow.svg|x16px]]}} button and select the {{MenuCommand|[[Image:Sketcher_ConstrainDistanceY.svg|16px]] Constrain vertical distance}} option from the dropdown.
#* If this preference has a different value (and in {{VersionMinus|0.21}}): press the {{Button|[[Image:Sketcher_ConstrainDistanceY.svg|16px]] [[Sketcher_ConstrainDistanceY|Constrain vertical distance]]}} button.
#* Select the {{MenuCommand|Sketch → Sketcher constraints → [[Image:Sketcher_ConstrainDistanceY.svg|16px]] Constrain vertical distance}} option from the menu.
#* {{Version|1.0}}: Right-click in the [[3D_view|3D view]] and select the {{MenuCommand|Dimension → [[Image:Sketcher_ConstrainDistanceY.svg|16px]] Constrain vertical distance}} option from the context menu.
#* Use the keyboard shortcut: {{KEY|I}}.
# For further steps see [[Sketcher_ConstrainDistanceX#Continue_mode|Sketcher ConstrainDistanceX]]

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See [[Sketcher_ConstrainDistanceX#Once-only_mode|Sketcher ConstrainDistanceX]].

== Scripting == <!--T:13-->

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Distance from origin:

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{{Code|code=Sketch.addConstraint(Sketcher.Constraint('DistanceY', Edge, PointOfEdge, -1, 1, App.Units.Quantity('123.0 mm')))}}
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Distance between two vertices:

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{{Code|code=Sketch.addConstraint(Sketcher.Constraint('DistanceY', Edge1, PointOfEdge1, Edge2, PointOfEdge2, App.Units.Quantity('123.0 mm')))}}
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Vertical span of line (the GUI allows selecting the edge itself, but it is just a shorthand for using the two extremities of the same line):

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{{Code|code=Sketch.addConstraint(Sketcher.Constraint('DistanceY', Line, 1, Line, 2, App.Units.Quantity('123.0 mm')))}}
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The [[Sketcher_scripting|Sketcher scripting]] page explains the values which can be used for {{incode|Edge}}, {{incode|Edge1}}, {{incode|Edge2}}, {{incode|PointOfEdge}}, {{incode| PointOfEdge1}}, {{incode| PointOfEdge2}} and {{incode|Line}}, and contains further examples on how to create constraints from Python scripts.


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|IconR=Sketcher_ConstrainDistance.svg
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Revision as of 13:31, 24 April 2024

Sketcher ConstrainDistanceY

Menu location
Sketch → Sketcher constraints → Constrain vertical distance
Workbenches
Sketcher
Default shortcut
I
Introduced in version
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See also
Sketcher ConstrainDistanceX, Sketcher ConstrainDistance

Description

The Sketcher ConstrainDistanceY tool fixes the vertical distance between two points or the endpoints of a line. If a single point is pre-selected, the distance is relative to the origin of the sketch.

Usage

See also: Drawing aids.

Continue mode

  1. Make sure there is no selection.
  2. There are several ways to invoke the tool:
    • introduced in version 1.0: If the Dimensioning constraints preference is set to Single tool (default): press the down arrow to the right of the button and select the Constrain vertical distance option from the dropdown.
    • If this preference has a different value (and in version 0.21 and below): press the Constrain vertical distance button.
    • Select the Sketch → Sketcher constraints → Constrain vertical distance option from the menu.
    • introduced in version 1.0: Right-click in the 3D view and select the Dimension → Constrain vertical distance option from the context menu.
    • Use the keyboard shortcut: I.
  3. For further steps see Sketcher ConstrainDistanceX

Run-once mode

See Sketcher ConstrainDistanceX.

Scripting

Distance from origin:

Sketch.addConstraint(Sketcher.Constraint('DistanceY', Edge, PointOfEdge, -1, 1, App.Units.Quantity('123.0 mm')))

Distance between two vertices:

Sketch.addConstraint(Sketcher.Constraint('DistanceY', Edge1, PointOfEdge1, Edge2, PointOfEdge2, App.Units.Quantity('123.0 mm')))

Vertical span of line (the GUI allows selecting the edge itself, but it is just a shorthand for using the two extremities of the same line):

Sketch.addConstraint(Sketcher.Constraint('DistanceY', Line, 1, Line, 2, App.Units.Quantity('123.0 mm')))

The Sketcher scripting page explains the values which can be used for Edge, Edge1, Edge2, PointOfEdge, PointOfEdge1, PointOfEdge2 and Line, and contains further examples on how to create constraints from Python scripts.