Sketcher ToggleConstruction

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Sketcher ToggleConstruction

Menu location
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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Preselected geometric elements

With one or more geometric elements selected in the 3D view:

  1. 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.
  2. This toggles the selected regular geometric elements to construction elements or vice versa.
    It does not toggle the creation mode.

Notes