Sketcher ToggleConstruction
Sketcher ToggleConstruction |
Menu location |
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Sketch → Sketcher geometries → Toggle construction geometry |
Workbenches |
Sketcher |
Default shortcut |
G N |
Introduced in version |
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See also |
Sketcher ToggleDrivingConstraint |
Description
The Sketcher ToggleConstruction command either toggles all sketcher geometry tools to/from construction mode or toggles selected regular geometric elements to/from construction geometry elements.
Construction geometry is an important tool of the sketcher. When using a sketch for a 3D operation, construction geometry is ignored.
In Edit mode, construction geometry is shown as blue, and won't turn green when a sketch is fully constrained. Once you Leave sketch, construction geometry is hidden in the 3D view.
Construction lines can be used as rotation axis by the PartDesign Revolution feature.
Usage
Empty selection
Without having anything selected in the 3D view:
- There are several ways to invoke the command:
- 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.
- This toggles the creation mode for new geometric elements:
- In normal mode the color of the tool icons for creating geometric elements is white.
- Newly created geometric elements are created as regular geometry in white.
- In construction mode the color of the tool icons for creating geometric elements is blue.
- Newly created geometric elements are created as blue construction geometry.
- In normal mode the color of the tool icons for creating geometric elements is white.
Preselected geometric elements
With one or more geometric elements selected in the 3D view:
- Invoke the tool as described above, or with the following additional option:
- Right-click in the Elements section of the Task panel and select the Toggle construction geometry option from the context menu.
- This toggles the selected regular geometric elements to construction elements or vice versa.
- It does not toggle the creation mode.
Notes
- Create point will always create points in construction mode regardless of the toolbar toggle state, select the desired points in the 3D view after creation and click Toggle construction geometry to change them to normal geometry.
Sketcher
- General: Create sketch, Edit sketch, Map sketch to face, Reorient sketch, Validate sketch, Merge sketches, Mirror sketch, Leave sketch, View sketch, View section, Toggle grid, Toggle snap, Configure rendering order, Stop operation
- Sketcher geometries: Point, Line, Arc, Arc by 3 points, Circle, Circle by 3 points, Ellipse, Ellipse by 3 points, Arc of ellipse, Arc of hyperbola, Arc of parabola, B-spline by control points, Periodic B-spline by control points, B-spline by knots, Periodic B-spline by knots, Polyline, Rectangle, Centered rectangle, Rounded rectangle, Triangle, Square, Pentagon, Hexagon, Heptagon, Octagon, Regular polygon, Slot, Fillet, Corner-preserving fillet, Trim, Extend, Split, External geometry, Carbon copy, Toggle construction geometry
- Sketcher constraints:
- Geometric constraints: Coincident, Point on object, Vertical, Horizontal, Parallel, Perpendicular, Tangent, Equal, Symmetric, Block
- Dimensional constraints: Lock, Horizontal distance, Vertical distance, Distance, Radius or weight, Diameter, Auto radius/diameter, Angle, Refraction (Snell's law)
- Constraint tools: Toggle driving/reference constraint, Activate/deactivate constraint
- Sketcher tools: Select unconstrained DoF, Select associated constraints, Select associated geometry, Select redundant constraints, Select conflicting constraints, Show/hide internal geometry, Select origin, Select horizontal axis, Select vertical axis, Symmetry, Clone, Copy, Move, Rectangular array, Remove axes alignment, Delete all geometry, Delete all constraints
- Sketcher B-spline tools: Show/hide B-spline degree, Show/hide B-spline control polygon, Show/hide B-spline curvature comb, Show/hide B-spline knot multiplicity, Show/hide B-spline control point weight, Convert geometry to B-spline, Increase B-spline degree, Decrease B-spline degree, Increase knot multiplicity, Decrease knot multiplicity, Insert knot, Join curves
- Sketcher virtual space: Switch virtual space
- Additional: Sketcher Dialog, Preferences, Sketcher scripting
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