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===Drawing objects===
These are tools for creating objects.
Line: Draws a line segment between 2 points
Wire: Draws a line made of multiple line segments (polyline)
Circle: Draws a circle from center and radius
Arc: Draws an arc segment from center, radius, start angle and end angle
Ellipse: Draws an ellipse from two corner points
Polygon: Draws a regular polygon from a center and a radius
Rectangle: Draws a rectangle from 2 opposite points
Text: Draws a multi-line text annotation
Dimension: Draws a dimension annotation
BSpline: Draws a B-Spline from a series of points
Point: Inserts a point object
ShapeString: The ShapeString tool inserts a compound shape representing a text string at a given point in the current document
Facebinder: Creates a new object from selected faces on existing objects
Bezier Curve: Draws a Bezier curve from a series of points
Modifying objects
These are tools for modifying existing objects. They work on selected objects, but if no object is selected, you will be invited to select one.
Move: Moves object(s) from one location to another
Rotate: Rotates object(s) from a start angle to an end angle
Offset: Moves segments of an object about a certain distance
Trim/Extend (Trimex): Trims or extends an object
Upgrade: Joins objects into a higher-level object
Downgrade: Explodes objects into lower-level objects
Scale: Scales selected object(s) around a base point
Drawing: Writes selected objects to a Drawing sheet
Edit: Edits a selected object
Wire to BSpline: Converts a wire to a BSpline and vice-versa
Add point: Adds a point to a wire or BSpline
Delete point: Deletes a point from a wire or BSpline
Shape 2D View: Creates a 2D object which is a flattened 2D view of another 3D object
Draft to Sketch: Converts a Draft object to Sketch and vice-versa
Array: Creates a polar or rectangular array from selected objects
Path Array: Creates an array of objects by placing the copies along a path
Clone: Clones the selected objects
Utility tools
Additional tools available via right-click context menu, depending on the selected objects.
Set working plane: Sets a working plane from a standard view or a selected face
Finish line: Ends the drawing of the current wire or bspline, without closing it
Close line: Ends the drawing of the current wire or bspline, and closes it
Undo line: Undoes the last segment of a line
Toggle construction mode: Toggles the Draft construction mode on/off
Toggle continue mode: Toggles the Draft continue mode on/off
Apply style: Applies the current style and color to selected objects
Toggle display mode: Switches the display mode of selected objects between "flat lines" and "wireframe"
Add to group: Quickly adds selected objects to an existing group
Select group contents: Selects the contents of a selected group
Toggle snap: Toggles object snapping on/off
Toggle grid: Toggles the grid on/off
Show snap bar: Shows/hides the snapping toolbar
Heal: Heals problematic Draft objects found in very old files
Flip Dimension: Flips the orientation of the text of a dimension
VisGroup: Creates a VisGroup in the current document