Draft Split
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Draft
User documentation
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| Menu location |
|---|
| Modification → Split |
| Workbenches |
| Draft |
| Default shortcut |
| S P |
| Introduced in version |
| 0.18 |
| See also |
| Draft Join |
Contents |
Description
The 
Draft Split tool attempts to split an existing Draft Wire or Draft Line at a specified edge.
Usage
- Press the
Draft Split button or press S then P keys. - Hover over or near a wire at the point where you want to split it. The wire is highlighted. Click to split.
If the wire is open, you will create two wires, each ending at the point at which you clicked.
If the wire is closed, the edge which you clicked will be turned into its own open wire, and the remainder will convert into an open wire. You can think of this as "detaching" the selected wire.
Options
There are no options for this tool. Either it works with the selected objects or not.
Notes
- If an open wire is split and the clicked point does not lie exactly on the selected edge, the new point will not be collinear with that former edge. Use an appropriate Draft Snap option to prevent this.
- To split objects that are not Draft Lines or Draft Wires you can try using
Draft Upgrade on them one or more times first. - The counterpart to this tool is the
Draft Join operation.
Scripting
See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.
The Split tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following function:
split(wire, newPoint, edgeIndex)
Draft
- Basics: Coordinates, Constraining, Snapping (Near, Extension, Parallel, Grid, Endpoint, Midpoint, Perpendicular, Angle, Center, Ortho, Intersection, Special, Dimensions, Working plane)
- Drawing: Line, Polyline, Fillet, Circle, Arc, Arc 3 points, Ellipse, Polygon, Rectangle, Text, Dimension, BSpline, Point, ShapeString, Facebinder, Cubic Bezier Curve, Bezier Curve, Label
- Modifying: Move, Rotate, Offset, Trimex, Join, Split, Upgrade, Downgrade, Scale, Edit, SubelementHighlight, Wire to BSpline, Add point, Delete point, Shape 2D View, Draft to Sketch, Array, LinkArray, Polar Array, Circular Array, Path Array, Path LinkArray, Point Array, Clone, Drawing, Mirror, Stretch
- Utilities: Set working plane, Finish line, Close line, Undo line, Toggle construction mode, Toggle continue mode, Apply style, Toggle display mode, Add to group, Select group contents, Toggle snap, Toggle grid, Show snap bar, Heal, Flip Dimension, VisGroup, Slope, AutoGroup, Set Working Plane Proxy, Add to Construction group
- Additional: Preferences, Import Export Preferences (DXF/DWG, SVG, OCA, DAT); Draft API
User documentation
- Getting started
- Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
- Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties; Help FreeCAD, Donate
- Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
- Workbenches: Std Base; Arch, Draft, FEM, Image, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Path, Points, Raytracing, Reverse Engineering, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Start, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework, Web
- Deprecated or unmaintained workbenches: Complete, Drawing, Robot
- Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub
