Draft Split
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| Menu location |
|---|
| Modification → Split |
| Workbenches |
| Draft |
| Default shortcut |
| S P |
| Introduced in version |
| 0.18 |
| See also |
| Draft Join |
Description
The 
Draft Split tool attempts to split an existing Draft Wire or Draft Line at a specified edge.
Usage
- Press the
Draft Split button or press S then P keys. - Hover over or near a wire at the point where you want to split it. The wire is highlighted. Click to split.
If the wire is open, you will create two wires, each ending at the point at which you clicked.
If the wire is closed, the edge which you clicked will be turned into its own open wire, and the remainder will convert into an open wire. You can think of this as "detaching" the selected wire.
Options
There are no options for this tool. Either it works with the selected objects or not.
Notes
- If an open wire is split and the clicked point does not lie exactly on the selected edge, the new point will not be collinear with that former edge. Use an appropriate Draft Snap option to prevent this.
- To split objects that are not Draft Lines or Draft Wires you can try using
Draft Upgrade on them one or more times first. - The counterpart to this tool is the
Draft Join operation.
Scripting
See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.
The Split tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following function:
split(wire, newPoint, edgeIndex)
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
User documentation
- 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
- Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub