Draft Snap Midpoint

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Snap Endpoint

Snap Center

Draft

Draft Snap Midpoint
Menu location
None
Workbenches
Draft, Arch
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
Draft Snap, Draft Snap Lock

Description

The Draft Snap Midpoint command toggles the Snap Midpoint option which snaps to the midpoint of straight and circular edges. The edges can belong to Draft objects but also to solids for example.

Snapping the second point of a line to the midpoint of an edge of a rectangle

Usage

For general information about snapping and the related preferences see: Draft Snap.

1. Make sure snapping is enabled. See: Draft Snap Lock.
2. If Snap Midpoint is not switched on do one of the following:
   • Press the Draft Snap Midpoint button in the Draft snap toolbar.
   • Press the button in the Draft snap widget and in the menu select the Snap Midpoint option.
3. Choose a Draft or Arch command to create your geometry.
4. Move the pointer over an edge.
5. The edge is highlighted.
6. If an midpoint is found the point is marked and the icon is displayed near the pointer.
7. Click to confirm the point.

Snap Endpoint

Snap Center

Draft

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

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• 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

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• 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

User documentation

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• Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
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