Draft Wire

Description
The Wire tool creates a polyline (sequence of lines made of several segments). It uses the Draft Linestyle set on the Draft Tray toolbar. The Wire tool behaves exactly like the Draft Line tool, except that it allows you to enter more than two points.



How to use

 * 1) Press the  button, or press  then  keys
 * 2) Click a first point on the 3D view, or type a coordinate
 * 3) Click additional points on the 3D view, or type a coordinate
 * Press (finish) to finish editing the wire, the wire will be open.
 * Press (close) to finish editing the wire, the wire will be closed, forming a face.
 * Press (wipe) to remove the line segments already placed, but keep editing the wire from the last point.
 * Press (set WP) to adjust the current working plane in the orientation of the last point.

Options

 * If several connected Draft Lines are selected when pressing the Draft Wire Button, they will be turned into a wire and the command will exit.
 * Press or the  button to finish the wire, leaving it open
 * Press or the  button or click on the first point to finish the wire, but making it closed by adding a last segment between the last point and the first one.
 * Press, or  after a point to constrain the next point on the given axis.
 * To enter coordinates manually, simply enter the numbers, then press between each X, Y and Z component.
 * Press or click the checkbox to check/uncheck the  button. If relative mode is on, the coordinates of the next point are relative to the last one. If not, they are absolute, taken from the (0,0,0) origin point.
 * Press or click the checkbox to check/uncheck the  button. If continue mode is on, the Wire tool will restart after you finish or close it, allowing you to draw another one without pressing the Wire button again.
 * Press while drawing to force snapping your point to the nearest snap location, independently of the distance.
 * Press while drawing to constrain your next point horizontally or vertically in relation to the last one.
 * Press or press the  button to remove the existing segments and start the wire from the last point.
 * Press + or press the button to undo the last point.
 * Press or the  button to have the wire filled with a face if it is closed.
 * Press or the  button to abort the current Line command.
 * Closed wires, when in "Flat Lines" display mode, can display a hatch pattern, by setting their "Pattern" property below.

Properties

 * : Specifies if the wire is closed or not
 * : Specifies the size of chamfered corners
 * : Specifies a curvature radius to give to the nodes of the wire
 * : Divides the segments of the wire with the given number of subdivisions
 * : Fills the wire with a face if it is closed
 * : Shows an arrow symbol at the last point of the wire, so it can be used as an annotation leader line
 * : Specifies a hatch pattern to fill the wire with (Closed Wire)
 * : Specifies the size of the hatch pattern

See also Draft Pattern.

Scripting
See: FreeCAD Scripting Basics for more information

The Wire tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following function:


 * Creates a  object with the given list of points,
 * Each point in the list is defined by its
 * Alternatively, the input can be a, from which points are extracted
 * If  is , or if the first and last points are identical, the wire is closed
 * If  is , and the wire is closed, the wire will make a face, that is, it will appear filled
 * It uses the current Draft Linestyle

Example: