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==Usage==
==Usage==


# Press the {{Button|[[File:Sketcher_Split.svg|16px]] [[Sketcher_Split|Split]]}} button. The mouse pointer turns into a white cross with a red trim symbol.
# Press the {{Button|[[File:Sketcher_Split.svg|16px]] [[Sketcher_Split|Split]]}} button. The mouse pointer turns into a white cross with a red split symbol.
# Click on the edge that you want to trim.
# Click on the edge in the place where you want to split it.
# From the line and arc edges, two new will be created, connected at the point clicked. A circle is converted to an arc with the very same center point and other constraints the original circle had.
# The line segment will be trimmed to the nearest overlapping line(s). If there are other sketch elements on both sides of the clicked position, the clicked piece is cut out.
# Pressing {{KEY|Esc}} or pressing the right mouse button will terminate the function.
# Pressing {{KEY|Esc}} or pressing the right mouse button will terminate the function.



Revision as of 20:27, 27 April 2021

Sketcher Split

Menu location
Sketch → Sketcher geometries → Split
Workbenches
Sketcher
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.20
See also
Sketcher Trimming

Description

This tool allows to divide an edge into two identical ones while most of the constraints are duplicated, so both parts remain constrained apart from split point position. For a special case of a circle, it is converted to an arc with loose ends with existing circle constraints being transferred the new arc.

Usage

  1. Press the Split button. The mouse pointer turns into a white cross with a red split symbol.
  2. Click on the edge in the place where you want to split it.
  3. From the line and arc edges, two new will be created, connected at the point clicked. A circle is converted to an arc with the very same center point and other constraints the original circle had.
  4. Pressing Esc or pressing the right mouse button will terminate the function.

Limitations

  • version 0.18 and below Arcs of hyperbola, arcs of parabola and B-splines cannot be trimmed.

Notes