Draft ToggleConstructionMode: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 09:47, 6 February 2024

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SetStyle

AutoGroup

Draft

Menu location
Draft ToggleConstructionMode
Utilities → Toggle construction mode
Workbenches
Draft, Arch
Default shortcut
C M
Introduced in version
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See also
Draft AddConstruction, Draft AutoGroup

Description

The Draft ToggleConstructionMode command switches Draft construction mode on or off. If construction mode is on new Draft objects are placed in a dedicated group and given a predefined color. This feature is intended for, often temporary, construction geometry used to provide new snap points for creating other objects. When the construction geometry is no longer needed the construction group can easily be hidden or deleted.

Construction geometry, in blue, used to determine the center and radius of a circle

Usage

There are several ways to invoke the command:
- Press the Toggle construction mode button in the Draft Tray. This button is depressed if Draft construction mode is currently on.
- Select the Utilities → Toggle construction mode option from the menu.
- Use the keyboard shortcut: C then M.
The button in the Draft Tray is updated.

Notes

If Draft construction mode is switched on the active layer is ignored.

Preferences

To change the label of the construction group: Edit → Preferences... → Draft → General → Construction group label.
To change the color that is used: Edit → Preferences... → Draft → General → Construction geometry color.

SetStyle

AutoGroup

Draft

Drafting: Line, Polyline, Fillet, Arc, Arc by 3 points, Circle, Ellipse, Rectangle, Polygon, B-spline, Cubic Bézier curve, Bézier curve, Point, Facebinder, ShapeString, Hatch
Annotation: Text, Dimension, Label, Annotation styles, Annotation scale
Modification: Move, Rotate, Scale, Mirror, Offset, Trimex, Stretch, Clone, Array, Polar array, Circular array, Path array, Path link array, Point array, Point link array, Edit, Subelement highlight, Join, Split, Upgrade, Downgrade, Wire to B-spline, Draft to sketch, Set slope, Flip dimension, Shape 2D view

Draft Tray: Select plane, Set style, Toggle construction mode, AutoGroup
Snapping: Snap lock, Snap endpoint, Snap midpoint, Snap center, Snap angle, Snap intersection, Snap perpendicular, Snap extension, Snap parallel, Snap special, Snap near, Snap ortho, Snap grid, Snap working plane, Snap dimensions, Toggle grid

Miscellaneous: Apply current style, Layer, Manage layers, Add a new named group, Move to group, Select group, Add to construction group, Toggle normal/wireframe display, Create working plane proxy, Heal, Show snap toolbar
Additional: Constraining, Pattern, Preferences, Import Export Preferences, DXF/DWG, SVG, OCA, DAT
Context menu:
- Layer container: Merge layer duplicates, Add new layer
- Layer: Activate this layer, Select layer contents
- Text: Open hyperlinks
- Wire: Flatten
- Working plane proxy: Write camera position, Write objects state

User documentation

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Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub

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-|SeeAlso=[[Draft AddConstruction]]
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-==Description== <!--T:2-->
+==Description== <!--T:14-->
-The [[Draft Workbench]] features a construction mode, which allows the user to draw shapes in a special {{Button|[[Image:Std_Group.svg|16px]] [[Std Group|Std Group]]}}, with a defined color. The construction geometry is comprised of lines, points, and other shapes that serve as references or snapping elements which are helpful in building your main geometry. The construction geometry can be hidden ({{PropertyView|Visibility}} {{FALSE}}) or deleted after it is no longer needed.
+<!--T:2-->
+The [[Image:Draft_ToggleConstructionMode.svg|24px]] '''Draft ToggleConstructionMode''' command switches Draft construction mode on or off. If construction mode is on new [[Draft_Workbench|Draft]] objects are placed in a dedicated group and given a predefined color. This feature is intended for, often temporary, construction geometry used to provide new [[Draft_Snap|snap points]] for creating other objects. When the construction geometry is no longer needed the construction group can easily be [[Std_HideSelection|hidden]] or [[Std_Delete|deleted]].
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-{{Caption|Construction geometry in blue helping to set the center of the circle}}
+{{Caption|Construction geometry, in blue, used to determine the center and radius of a circle}}
-==Usage== <!--T:4-->
+==Usage== <!--T:15-->
-# Press the {{Button|[[Image:Draft ToggleConstructionMode.png|16px]] [[Draft ToggleConstructionMode|Toggle construction mode]]}} button.
-# Draw some objects.
-# Press the {{Button|[[Image:Draft ToggleConstructionMode.png|16px]] [[Draft ToggleConstructionMode|Toggle construction mode]]}} button again to go back to normal mode.
-<!--T:6-->
+<!--T:4-->
+# There are several ways to invoke the command:
-The construction mode {{Button|[[Image:Draft Construction.svg|16px]]}} button is present in the [[Draft Tray]] toolbar, which only appears in the {{Button|[[Image:Workbench_Draft.svg|16px]] [[Draft Workbench|Draft]]}} and {{Button|[[Image:Workbench_Arch.svg|16px]] [[Arch Workbench|Arch]] workbenches.
+#* Press the {{Button|[[Image:Draft_ToggleConstructionMode.svg|16px]] [[Draft_ToggleConstructionMode|Toggle construction mode]]}} button in the [[Draft_Tray|Draft Tray]]. This button is depressed if Draft construction mode is currently on.
+#* Select the {{MenuCommand|Utilities → [[Image:Draft_ToggleConstructionMode.svg|16px]] Toggle construction mode}} option from the menu.
+#* Use the keyboard shortcut: {{KEY|C}} then {{KEY|M}}.
+# The button in the [[Draft_Tray|Draft Tray]] is updated.
-<!--T:7-->
+==Notes== <!--T:18-->
-The color and the group name can be changed in the [[Draft Preferences]].
-<!--T:8-->
+<!--T:19-->
+* If Draft construction mode is switched on the active [[Draft_Layer|layer]] is ignored.
-{{Docnav|[[Draft_UndoLine|Undo line]]|[[Draft_ToggleContinueMode|Toggle continue mode]]|[[Draft_Module|Draft]]|IconL=Draft_UndoLine.png|IconC=Workbench_Draft.svg|IconR=Draft_ToggleContinueMode.png}}
-<!--T:10-->
+==Preferences== <!--T:20-->
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+* To change the label of the construction group: {{MenuCommand|Edit → Preferences... → Draft → General → Construction group label}}.
+* To change the color that is used: {{MenuCommand|Edit → Preferences... → Draft → General → Construction geometry color}}.
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