Draft Edit: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:15, 22 August 2012

Menu location
Draft_Edit
Draft -> Edit
Workbenches
Draft, Arch
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

This tool allows you to edit graphically certain properties of the selected object, such as the vertices of a Wire, or the length and width of a Rectangle, or the radius of a Circle.

File:Draft edit example.jpg

How to use

Select a wire, line, rectangle, bspline or circle
Press the Draft Edit button, or double-click the object in the Tree panel
Click on a point you wish to move
Click another point on the 3D view, or type a coordinate

Options

The Edit tool only works on one selected object at a time.
The Edit tool only works on Draft Wires, Rectangles, Circles and Arcs. Other object types must first be converted to Draft objects.
Click on an edit vertex to move it, click again to release it.
Press CTRL while drawing to force snapping your point to the nearest snap location, independently of the distance.
Press SHIFT while drawing to constrain your next point horizontally or vertically in relation to the last one.
Press ESC or the Cancel button or the Draft Edit button again to finish editing.
Pressing the Add point button allows you to add points to Wires and BSplines by clicking on the segments
Pressing the Del point button allows you to remove points from Wires and BSplines by clicking on the points to remove

Scripting

Not available. Each of the above object can be modified by changing its properties directly.

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-{{GuiCommand|Name=Draft_Edit|Workbenches=[[Draft Module|Draft]]|MenuLocation=Draft -> Edit}}
+{{GuiCommand|Name=Draft_Edit|Workbenches=[[Draft Module|Draft]], [[Arch Module|Arch]]|MenuLocation=Draft -> Edit}}
-====Description====
+==Description==
 This tool allows you to edit graphically certain properties of the selected object, such as the vertices of a Wire, or the length and width of a Rectangle, or the radius of a Circle.
+[[Image:Draft edit example.jpg|400px]]
-====Usage====
+==How to use==
-* The edit tool only works on one selected object at a time.
-* The Edit mode only works on Draft Wires, Rectangles, Circles and Arcs. Other object types must first be converted to Draft objects.
+# Select a [[Draft Wire|wire]], [[Draft Line|line]], [[Draft Rectangle|rectangle]], [[Draft BSpline|bspline]] or [[Draft Circle|circle]]
+# Press the {{KEY|[[Image:Draft Edit.png|16px]] [[Draft Edit]]}} button, or double-click the object in the Tree panel
+# Click on a point you wish to move
+# Click another point on the 3D view, or type a [[Draft_Coordinates|coordinate]]
+==Options==
+* The Edit tool only works on one selected object at a time.
+* The Edit tool only works on Draft Wires, Rectangles, Circles and Arcs. Other object types must first be converted to Draft objects.
 * Click on an edit vertex to move it, click again to release it.
-* Pressing {{KEY|CTRL}} will [[Draft_Snap|snap]] your point to available snap locations.
+* Press {{KEY|CTRL}} while drawing to force [[Draft_Snap|snapping]] your point to the nearest snap location, independently of the distance.
+* Press {{KEY|SHIFT}} while drawing to [[Draft_Constrain|constrain]] your next point horizontally or vertically in relation to the last one.
-* Pressing {{KEY|SHIFT}} will lock x and y values together, so the shape is not deformed
+* Press {{KEY|ESC}} or the {{KEY|'''Cancel'''}} button or the {{KEY|[[Image:Draft Edit.png|16px]] [[Draft Edit]]}} button again to finish editing.
-* Pressing {{KEY|ESC}} will cancel the operation.
+* Pressing the {{KEY|[[Image:Draft AddPoint.png|12px]] [[Draft AddPoint|Add point]]}} button allows you to add points to Wires and BSplines by clicking on the segments
-* Pressing the Edit button again also exits edit mode
+* Pressing the {{KEY|[[Image:Draft DelPoint.png|12px]] [[Draft DelPoint|Del point]]}} button allows you to remove points from Wires and BSplines by clicking on the points to remove
-* Enter numbers to [[Draft_Coordinates|manually insert a coordinate]].
-* Pressing the {{KEY|+}} button allows you to add points to Wires and BSplines by clicking on the segments
+==Scripting==
-* Pressing the {{KEY|-}} button allows you to remove points from Wires and BSplines by clicking on the points to remove
+Not available. Each of the above object can be modified by changing its properties directly.
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