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Horizontal distance

Distance

Sketcher

Description

The Sketcher ConstrainDistanceY tool fixes the vertical distance between two points or the endpoints of a line. If a single point is pre-selected, the distance is relative to the origin of the sketch.

Usage

See also: Drawing aids.

Continue mode

1. Make sure there is no selection.
2. There are several ways to invoke the tool:
   • introduced in 1.0: If the Dimensioning constraints preference is set to Single tool (default): press the down arrow to the right of the button and select the Constrain vertical distance option from the dropdown.
   • If this preference has a different value (and in 0.21 and below): press the Constrain vertical distance button.
   • Select the Sketch → Sketcher constraints → Constrain vertical distance option from the menu.
   • introduced in 1.0: Right-click in the 3D view and select the Dimension → Constrain vertical distance option from the context menu.
   • Use the keyboard shortcut: I.
3. For further steps see Sketcher ConstrainDistanceX

Run-once mode

See Sketcher ConstrainDistanceX.

Scripting

Distance from origin:

Sketch.addConstraint(Sketcher.Constraint('DistanceY', Edge, PointOfEdge, -1, 1, App.Units.Quantity('123.0 mm')))

Distance between two vertices:

Sketch.addConstraint(Sketcher.Constraint('DistanceY', Edge1, PointOfEdge1, Edge2, PointOfEdge2, App.Units.Quantity('123.0 mm')))

Vertical span of line (the GUI allows selecting the edge itself, but it is just a shorthand for using the two extremities of the same line):

Sketch.addConstraint(Sketcher.Constraint('DistanceY', Line, 1, Line, 2, App.Units.Quantity('123.0 mm')))

The Sketcher scripting page explains the values which can be used for Edge, Edge1, Edge2, PointOfEdge, PointOfEdge1, PointOfEdge2 and Line, and contains further examples on how to create constraints from Python scripts.

Horizontal distance

Distance

Sketcher