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{{GuiCommand|Name=Sketcher AlterConstruction|Workbenches=[[Sketcher Workbench|Sketcher]], [[PartDesign Module|PartDesign_Workbench]]|MenuLocation=Sketcher → Constrain radius|SeeAlso=[[Constraint distance]], [[Constraint horizontal]], [[Constraint vertical]]}}
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====Description====
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|[[Sketcher_ConstrainCoincidentUnified|Coincident (unified)]]
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<WRONG> This tool draws an arc by picking three points: the center, the start angle along the radius, and the end angle.
{{GuiCommand
|Name=Sketcher ToggleConstruction
|MenuLocation=Sketch → Sketcher geometries → Toggle construction geometry
|Workbenches=[[Sketcher_Workbench|Sketcher]]
|Shortcut={{KEY|G}} {{KEY|N}}
|SeeAlso=
}}


==Description== <!--T:2-->
When starting the tool, the mouse pointer changes to a white cross with a red arc icon. The coordinates of the pointer are shown beside it in blue in real time.


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[[Image:Sketcher_ArcExample1.png|The center has been selected, dragging to set the radius‎]] [[Image:Sketcher_ArcExample2.png|407x360px|The center and start angle have been selected, dragging to set end angle‎]] </WRONG>
The [[Image:Sketcher_ToggleConstruction.svg|24px]] [[Sketcher_ToggleConstruction|Sketcher ToggleConstruction]] tool either toggles the geometry creation tools to/from construction mode, or toggles selected geometry to/from construction geometry.


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====Usage====
Construction geometry is marked with a dedicated [[Sketcher_Preferences#Appearance|color]] (default blue) and ({{Version|1.0}}) linetype. Construction geometry is not visible outside the sketch, it is intended to help define constraints and other geometry inside the sketch itself. Construction lines can however be used as a rotation axis by [[PartDesign_Revolution|PartDesign Revolution]].


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<WRONG> * Pick points on an empty area of the 3D view, or on an existing object (auto constraints must be active in TaskView).
[[File:Sketcher_ConstructionMode_fr_01.png|480px]]
* Pressing {{KEY|ESC}} or clicking the right mouse button cancels the function. </WRONG>
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===Toggle tools=== <!--T:18-->
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# Make sure there is no selection.
# There are several ways to invoke the tool:
#* Press the {{Button|[[Image:Sketcher_ToggleConstruction.svg|16px]] [[Sketcher_ToggleConstruction|Toggle construction geometry]]}} button.
#* Select the {{MenuCommand|Sketcher → Sketcher geometries → [[Image:Sketcher_ToggleConstruction.svg|16px]] Toggle construction geometry}} option from the menu.
#* Right-click in the [[3D_view|3D view]] and select the {{MenuCommand|[[Image:Sketcher_ToggleConstruction.svg|16px]] Toggle construction geometry}} option from the context menu.
#* Use the keyboard shortcut: {{KEY|G}} then {{KEY|N}}.
# The mode of the geometry creation tools is toggled:
#* In normal mode their menu and toolbar icons are white, and they create regular geometry (default color white). The icon of this tool is then: [[Image:Sketcher_ToggleConstruction.svg|16px]].
#* In construction mode their menu and toolbar icons are blue, and they create construction geometry (default color blue). The icon of this tool is then: [[Image:Sketcher_ToggleConstruction_Constr.svg|16px]].

===Toggle geometry=== <!--T:20-->

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# Select one or more elements in the sketch.
# Invoke the tool as described above, or with the following additional option:
#* Right-click in the {{MenuCommand|Elements}} section of the [[Task_panel|Task panel]] and select the {{MenuCommand|Toggle construction geometry}} option from the context menu.
# The selected elements are changed from normal geometry to construction geometry or vice versa. Their appearance changes accordingly.
# The mode of the geometry creation tools is not changed.


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|IconL=Sketcher_CarbonCopy.svg
|IconR=Sketcher_ConstrainCoincidentUnified.svg
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Revision as of 09:43, 21 April 2024

Sketcher ToggleConstruction

Menu location
Sketch → Sketcher geometries → Toggle construction geometry
Workbenches
Sketcher
Default shortcut
G N
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

The Sketcher ToggleConstruction tool either toggles the geometry creation tools to/from construction mode, or toggles selected geometry to/from construction geometry.

Construction geometry is marked with a dedicated color (default blue) and (introduced in version 1.0) linetype. Construction geometry is not visible outside the sketch, it is intended to help define constraints and other geometry inside the sketch itself. Construction lines can however be used as a rotation axis by PartDesign Revolution.

Usage

Toggle tools

  1. Make sure there is no selection.
  2. There are several ways to invoke the tool:
    • Press the Toggle construction geometry button.
    • Select the Sketcher → Sketcher geometries → Toggle construction geometry option from the menu.
    • Right-click in the 3D view and select the Toggle construction geometry option from the context menu.
    • Use the keyboard shortcut: G then N.
  3. The mode of the geometry creation tools is toggled:
    • In normal mode their menu and toolbar icons are white, and they create regular geometry (default color white). The icon of this tool is then: .
    • In construction mode their menu and toolbar icons are blue, and they create construction geometry (default color blue). The icon of this tool is then: .

Toggle geometry

  1. Select one or more elements in the sketch.
  2. Invoke the tool as described above, or with the following additional option:
    • Right-click in the Elements section of the Task panel and select the Toggle construction geometry option from the context menu.
  3. The selected elements are changed from normal geometry to construction geometry or vice versa. Their appearance changes accordingly.
  4. The mode of the geometry creation tools is not changed.