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Menu location |
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TechDraw → Add Lines → Add Centerline to Faces |
Workbenches |
TechDraw |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
0.19 |
See also |
TechDraw 2LineCenterLine, TechDraw 2PointCenterLine |
Description
The TechDraw FaceCenterLine tool adds a centerline to selected faces.
Centerline added to a face
Usage create
- Select one or more faces in a View.
- There are several ways to invoke the tool:
- Press the
Add Centerline to Faces button.
- Select the TechDraw → Add Lines →
Add Centerline to Faces option from the menu.
- Press the
- A task panel opens. See Options for more information.
- Press the OK button to confirm.
- A centerline is added at the midpoint of the bounding box of the selected face(s).
Usage edit
Any of the centerline tools ( TechDraw FaceCenterLine,
TechDraw 2LineCenterLine and
TechDraw 2PointCenterLine) can be used to edit any centerline.
- Select a centerline.
- Invoke a centerline tool.
- A task panel opens. See Options for more information.
- Press the OK button to confirm.
Options
- Orientation:
- Vertical: Forces the centerline vertical. Ignored for 2PointCenterLines.
- Horizontal: Forces the centerline horizontal. Ignored for 2PointCenterLines.
- Aligned: Not available for FaceCenterLines. Forces the centerline to follow the general direction of the selected edges for 2LineCenterLines. Ignored for 2PointCenterLines.
- Shift Horizontal: Moves the centerline left or right of its normal position.
- Shift Vertical: Moves the centerline up or down from its normal position.
- Rotate: Rotates the centerline around its midpoint (degrees. + counterclockwise, - clockwise).
- Extend By: Makes the centerline longer by this amount.
- Color: The color of the centerline.
- Weight: The width of the centerline.
- Style: The linestyle of the centerline. The options are:
Continuous
Dash
Dot
DashDot
DashDotDot
Notes
- To delete a centerline select it and press Delete. introduced in 1.0
- FaceCenterLines will eventually replace two View properties:
- ViewHorizCenterLine: Show a horizontal centerline through view.
- ViewVertCenterLine: Show a vertical centerline through view.
Properties
Centerlines have no properties of their own, as they are not document objects.
This page is retrieved from https://wiki.freecad.org/TechDraw_FaceCenterLine