GuiCommand: Name: Sketcher CreateSlot MenuLocation: Sketch , Sketcher geometries , Create slot Workbenches: Sketcher_Workbench Shortcut: G S SeeAlso: Sketcher_CreateArcSlot
Sketcher CreateSlot
Description
The Sketcher CreateSlot tool creates a slot, a closed polyline consisting of two semicircles connected by two parallel straight lines.
Usage
See also: Drawing aids.
Pos-OVP = Positional On-View-Parameters. (v1.0) Dim-OVP = Dimensional On-View-Parameters. (v1.0)
- There are several ways to invoke the tool:
- Press the
Create slot button.
- Select the Sketcher → Sketcher geometries →
Create Slot option from the menu.
- The keyboard shortcut: G then S.
- Press the
- The cursor changes to a cross with the tool icon.
- Pick the center of the first semicircle. Or with Pos-OVP: enter its X and/or Y coordinate.
- Pick the center of the second semicircle. Or with Dim-OVP: enter the distance between the centers and/or angle of the slot. The angle is relative to the X axis of the sketch.
- Pick a point to define the radius of the slot. Or with Dim-OVP: enter this radius.
- The slot is created and applicable Pos-OVP and Dim-OVP based constraints are added.
- If the tool runs in continue mode:
- Optionally keep creating slots.
- To finish, right-click or press Esc, or start another geometry or constraint creation tool.
Notes
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{{VersionMinus|0.21}}((v0.20) ): Holding Ctrl when picking the second center will constrain the slot to be drawn horizontally or vertically.
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(v1.0) : Angular snap can be used to control the angle of the slot.
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(v0.20) : A slot can also be constrained horizontally or vertically if the Auto constraints option is enabled.
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