Draft Snap Center: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:11, 5 October 2020

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Menu location
File:Snap Center.svg Draft Center
Draft → Snap → Center
Workbenches
Draft, Arch
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
Draft Snap, Draft ToggleSnap

This method snaps to the center point of circles and arcs.

Snapping the second point of a line to the center of a circle

Make sure File:Snap Lock.svg Draft ToggleSnap and File:Snap Center.svg Snap Center are turned on.
Choose a Draft tool to draw a shape.
Move the cursor over a circle or arc object.
The circle or arc will be highlighted in yellow, and a small white circle will indicate the center point of the arc to which your new point will be attached.
Click to attach your new point.

Draft

Drafting: Line, Polyline, Fillet, Arc, Arc by 3 points, Circle, Ellipse, Rectangle, Polygon, B-spline, Cubic Bézier curve, Bézier curve, Point, Facebinder, ShapeString, Hatch
Annotation: Text, Dimension, Label, Annotation styles, Annotation scale
Modification: Move, Rotate, Scale, Mirror, Offset, Trimex, Stretch, Clone, Array, Polar array, Circular array, Path array, Path link array, Point array, Point link array, Edit, Subelement highlight, Join, Split, Upgrade, Downgrade, Wire to B-spline, Draft to sketch, Set slope, Flip dimension, Shape 2D view

Draft Tray: Select plane, Set style, Toggle construction mode, AutoGroup
Snapping: Snap lock, Snap endpoint, Snap midpoint, Snap center, Snap angle, Snap intersection, Snap perpendicular, Snap extension, Snap parallel, Snap special, Snap near, Snap ortho, Snap grid, Snap working plane, Snap dimensions, Toggle grid

Miscellaneous: Apply current style, Layer, Manage layers, Add a new named group, Move to group, Select group, Add to construction group, Toggle normal/wireframe display, Create working plane proxy, Heal, Show snap toolbar
Additional: Constraining, Pattern, Preferences, Import Export Preferences, DXF/DWG, SVG, OCA, DAT
Context menu:
- Layer container: Merge layer duplicates, Add new layer
- Layer: Activate this layer, Select layer contents
- Text: Open hyperlinks
- Wire: Flatten
- Working plane proxy: Write camera position, Write objects state

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, Assembly, CAM, Draft, FEM, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Points, Reverse Engineering, Robot, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Start, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework, Web

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 <!--T:10-->
 {{Docnav
-|[[Draft Angle|Angle]]
+|[[Draft_Snap_Angle|Angle]]
-|[[Draft Ortho|Ortho]]
+|[[Draft_Snap_Ortho|Ortho]]
 |[[Draft_Snap|Draft Snap]]
 |IconL=Snap_Angle.svg
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 |Name=Draft Center
 |Icon=Snap_Center.svg
-|MenuLocation=Draft → [[Draft Snap|Snap]] → Center
+|MenuLocation=Draft → [[Draft_Snap|Snap]] → Center
-|Workbenches=[[Draft Module|Draft]], [[Arch Module|Arch]]
+|Workbenches=[[Draft_Module|Draft]], [[Arch_Module|Arch]]
-|SeeAlso=[[Draft Snap|Draft Snap]], [[Draft ToggleSnap|Draft ToggleSnap]]
+|SeeAlso=[[Draft_Snap|Draft Snap]], [[Draft_Snap_Lock|Draft ToggleSnap]]
 }}
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 == Usage == <!--T:3-->
-# Make sure {{Button|[[Image:Snap_Lock.svg|16px]] [[Draft ToggleSnap|Draft ToggleSnap]]}} and {{Button|[[Image:Snap_Center.svg|16px]] [[Draft Center|Snap Center]]}} are turned on.
+# Make sure {{Button|[[Image:Snap_Lock.svg|16px]] [[Draft_Snap_Lock|Draft ToggleSnap]]}} and {{Button|[[Image:Snap_Center.svg|16px]] [[Draft_Snap_Center|Snap Center]]}} are turned on.
 # Choose a Draft tool to draw a shape.
 # Move the cursor over a circle or arc object.
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 <!--T:9-->
 {{Docnav
-|[[Draft Angle|Angle]]
+|[[Draft_Snap_Angle|Angle]]
-|[[Draft Ortho|Ortho]]
+|[[Draft_Snap_Ortho|Ortho]]
 |[[Draft_Snap|Draft Snap]]
 |IconL=Snap_Angle.svg