GuiCommand: Name: Sketcher ToggleConstruction MenuLocation: Sketch , Sketcher geometries , Toggle construction geometry Workbenches: Sketcher_Workbench Shortcut: G N SeeAlso:
Sketcher ToggleConstruction
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 ((v1.0) ) 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
- Make sure there is no selection.
- 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.
- Press the
- 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:
.
- 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:
Toggle geometry
- Select one or more elements in the sketch.
- Invoke the tool as described above, or with the following additional option:
- Right-click in the Elements section of the Sketcher Dialog and select the
Toggle construction geometry option from the context menu.
- Right-click in the Elements section of the Sketcher Dialog and select the
- 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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