Sketcher CreateEllipseBy3Points

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Sketcher CreateEllipseBy3Points

Menu location
Sketch → Sketcher geometries → Create ellipse by 3 points
Workbenches
Sketcher
Default shortcut
G 3 E
Introduced in version
0.15
See also
None

Description

The Sketcher CreateEllipseBy3Points tool creates an ellipse by the endpoints of one of its axes and a point along the ellipse. introduced in version 0.22: This is in effect the same tool as Sketcher CreateEllipseByCenter but with a different initial mode.

The sequence of clicks is indicated by yellow arrows with numbers.
1 is the periapsis, 2 is the apoapsis, 3 is the point defining the minor diameter,
a is the major diameter, b is the minor diameter (green lines),
c is the ellipse center and f are the focal points.
The blue lines are construction lines for illustration purposes.

Usage

  1. There are several ways to invoke the tool:
  2. For further steps see Sketcher CreateEllipseByCenter.

Peculiarities

See Sketcher CreateEllipseByCenter.