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Menu location |
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Snapping → Snap midpoint |
Workbenches |
Draft, BIM |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
- |
See also |
Draft Snap, Draft Snap Lock |
Description
The Draft Snap Midpoint option snaps to the midpoint of edges. The edges can belong to Draft or BIM objects but also to objects created with other workbenches.
Snapping the second point of a line to the midpoint of an edge
Usage
For general information about snapping see Draft Snap.
- Make sure snapping is enabled. See
Draft Snap Lock.
- If Draft Snap Midpoint is not active do one of the following:
- Press the
Snap midpoint button in the Draft snap toolbar.
- Draft: Hold down the
button in the Draft snap widget and in the menu that opens select the
Snap midpoint option.
- BIM: Select the Snapping →
Snap midpoint option from the menu, or from the 3D view context menu.
- Press the
- Choose a Draft or BIM command to create your geometry.
- Note that you can also change snap options while a command is active.
- Move the cursor over an edge.
- The edge is highlighted.
- If a midpoint is found the point is marked and the
icon is displayed near the cursor.
- Click to confirm the point.
Preferences
See Draft Snap.
This page is retrieved from https://wiki.freecad.org/Draft_Snap_Midpoint