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The '''TechDraw Quadrant''' tool adds [[TechDraw_CosmeticVertex|Cosmetic Vertices]] at the 90/180/270° points of a circular edge. The 0° vertex should already be there as a geometric vertex.
The '''TechDraw Quadrant''' tool devides one or more edges into quarters by adding 3 equally distributed [[TechDraw_CosmeticVertex|Cosmetic Vertices]]. Thus results in a circular edge having 3 cosmetic vertices at 90°, 180°, and 270° in addition to its geometric vertex at 0°.


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Revision as of 23:08, 30 May 2023

TechDraw Quadrants

Menu location
TechDraw → Add Vertices → Add Quadrant Vertices
Workbenches
TechDraw
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.19
See also
TechDraw Cosmetic Vertex, TechDraw Midpoint

Description

The TechDraw Quadrant tool devides one or more edges into quarters by adding 3 equally distributed Cosmetic Vertices. Thus results in a circular edge having 3 cosmetic vertices at 90°, 180°, and 270° in addition to its geometric vertex at 0°.

Cosmetic vertices at quadrant points of a circle

Usage

  1. Select one or more (circular) Edges in a View.
  2. Press the Add Quadrant Vertices button.
  3. Cosmetic vertices will be added at the quarter-points of the edges.

Note: This tool can be used on any edge, not just circles.

To delete a Quadrant Vertex, select it and use the toolbar button Remove Cosmetic Object.

Properties

Cosmetic Vertices have no properties of their own, as they are not Document Objects. They share color and size settings with regular geometry vertices.

Scripting

See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

Cosmetic Vertices are not accessible from macros or the Python console at this time. This snippet will remove all Cosmetic Vertices from the View.

>>> v = App.ActiveDocument.View
>>> v.clearCV()
>>> App.activeDocument().recompute()