Sketcher ConstrainPointOnObject

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Sketcher ConstrainPointOnObject

Menu location
Sketch → Sketcher constraints → Constrain point onto object
Workbenches
Sketcher
Default shortcut
O
Introduced in version
-
See also
Sketcher ConstrainCoincidentUnified, Sketcher ConstrainCoincident

Description

The Sketcher ConstrainPointOnObject tool fixes points on edges or axes. Lines are treated as infinite, and arcs are treated as full circles/ellipses.

introduced in version 0.22: This tool is replaced by the Sketcher ConstrainCoincidentUnified tool if the Unify Coincident and PointOnObject option is selected in the Sketcher Preferences.

Usage

See also: Drawing aids.

Continue mode

  1. Make sure there is no selection.
  2. There are several ways to invoke the tool:
    • Press the Constrain point onto object button.
    • Select the Sketch → Sketcher constraints → Constrain point onto object option from the menu.
    • Use the keyboard shortcut: O.
  3. The cursor changes to a white cross with the tool icon.
  4. Select a single point and a single edge (in any order).
  5. A constraint is added.
  6. Optionally keep creating constraints.
  7. To finish, right-click or press Esc, or start another geometry or constraint creation tool.

Run-once mode

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Select a single point and a single edge (in any order).
    • Select several points and a single edge (idem).
    • Select a single point and several edges (idem).
  2. Invoke the tool as explained above.
  3. Depending on the selection one or more constraints are added.

Scripting

The constraint can be created from macros and from the Python console by using the following command:

Sketch.addConstraint(Sketcher.Constraint('PointOnObject',LineMoving,PointOfLineMoving,LineFixed))

  • Sketch is a sketch object.
  • LineMoving is the number that designates the line, which contains the point that has to be moved onto the LineFixed (the line which is fixed).
  • PointOfLineMoving is the number of the vertex of line LineMoving, that has to be moved onto the LineFixed.
  • LinedFixed is the number of the line to be affixed onto the point PointOfLineMoving.

The Sketcher scripting page explains how to identify the numbers that designate lines and points.