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Revision as of 11:03, 27 March 2024
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Sketcher NewSketch |
Menu location |
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Sketch → Create sketch |
Workbenches |
Sketcher |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
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See also |
PartDesign NewSketch, Sketcher MapSketch, Sketcher ReorientSketch |
Description
The Sketcher NewSketch tool creates a new sketch and opens the Sketcher Dialog to edit it.
Note that the PartDesign Workbench has its own new sketch tool. When working on a PartDesign Body that tool should be used instead.
Usage
- If the sketch should be attached to existing geometry: select an object with a shape, or one or more vertices, edges, and/or faces, and/or a plane.
- There are several ways to invoke the tool:
- Press the Create sketch button.
- Select the Sketch → Create sketch option from the menu.
- If geometry has been selected:
- The Sketch attachment dialog opens.
- Select an attachment method from the dropdown list. Or select Don't attach to ignore the selection.
- Press the OK button.
- If there is no selection, or Don't attach has been selected in the previous step:
- The Choose orientation dialog opens.
- Specify the plane for the orientation. The plane is relative to the local coordinate system the sketch is in:
- If the Reverse direction checkbox is not checked:
- Top: XY-Plane
- Front: XZ-Plane
- Right: YZ-Plane
- If the Reverse direction checkbox is checked:
- Bottom: XY-Plane
- Rear: XZ-Plane
- Left: YZ-Plane
- If the Reverse direction checkbox is not checked:
- Optionally change the Offset. The offset is measured along the Z, Y or X axis of the local coordinate system.
- Press the OK button.
- A sketch is created.
- The sketch is put in edit mode and the Sketcher Dialog opens.
- To finish edit mode see Sketcher LeaveSketch.
Notes
- Existing sketches can be attached to (different) object(s) with Sketcher MapSketch or detached and reoriented with Sketcher ReorientSketch.
Sketcher
- General: Create sketch, Edit sketch, Map sketch to face, Reorient sketch, Validate sketch, Merge sketches, Mirror sketch, Leave sketch, View sketch, View section, Toggle grid, Toggle snap, Configure rendering order, Stop operation
- Sketcher geometries: Point, Line, Arc, Arc by 3 points, Circle, Circle by 3 points, Ellipse, Ellipse by 3 points, Arc of ellipse, Arc of hyperbola, Arc of parabola, B-spline by control points, Periodic B-spline by control points, B-spline by knots, Periodic B-spline by knots, Polyline, Rectangle, Centered rectangle, Rounded rectangle, Triangle, Square, Pentagon, Hexagon, Heptagon, Octagon, Regular polygon, Slot, Fillet, Corner-preserving fillet, Trim, Extend, Split, External geometry, Carbon copy, Toggle construction geometry
- Sketcher constraints:
- Geometric constraints: Coincident, Point on object, Vertical, Horizontal, Parallel, Perpendicular, Tangent, Equal, Symmetric, Block
- Dimensional constraints: Lock, Horizontal distance, Vertical distance, Distance, Radius or weight, Diameter, Auto radius/diameter, Angle, Refraction (Snell's law)
- Constraint tools: Toggle driving/reference constraint, Activate/deactivate constraint
- Sketcher tools: Select unconstrained DoF, Select associated constraints, Select associated geometry, Select redundant constraints, Select conflicting constraints, Show/hide internal geometry, Select origin, Select horizontal axis, Select vertical axis, Symmetry, Clone, Copy, Move, Rectangular array, Remove axes alignment, Delete all geometry, Delete all constraints
- Sketcher B-spline tools: Show/hide B-spline degree, Show/hide B-spline control polygon, Show/hide B-spline curvature comb, Show/hide B-spline knot multiplicity, Show/hide B-spline control point weight, Convert geometry to B-spline, Increase B-spline degree, Decrease B-spline degree, Increase knot multiplicity, Decrease knot multiplicity, Insert knot, Join curves
- Sketcher virtual space: Switch virtual space
- Additional: Sketcher Dialog, Preferences, Sketcher scripting
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, Start, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework, Web
- Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub