Draft ToggleConstructionMode: Difference between revisions
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# There are several ways to invoke the command: |
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# Press the {{Button|[[Image:Draft ToggleConstructionMode.png|16px]] [[Draft ToggleConstructionMode|Toggle construction mode]]}} button. |
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#* Press the [[Image:Draft_tray_button_construction.png]] {{MenuCommand|Toggle construction mode}} button in the [[Draft_Tray|Draft Tray]]. |
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# Draw some objects. |
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#* Select the {{MenuCommand|Utilities → [[Image:Draft_ToggleConstructionMode.svg|16px]] Toggle construction mode}} option from the menu. |
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#* Use the keyboard shortcut: {{KEY|C}} then {{KEY|M}}. |
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The construction mode {{Button|[[Image:Draft Construction.svg|16px]]}} button is present in the [[Draft_Tray|Draft Tray]] toolbar, which only appears in the {{Button|[[Image:Workbench_Draft.svg|16px]] [[Draft_Workbench|Draft]]}} and {{Button|[[Image:Workbench_Arch.svg|16px]] [[Arch_Workbench|Arch]]}} workbenches. |
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The color and the group name can be changed in the [[Draft_Preferences|Draft Preferences]]. |
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Revision as of 15:29, 27 July 2021
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| Menu location |
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| Draft → Utilities → Toggle construction mode |
| Workbenches |
| Draft, Arch |
| Default shortcut |
| None |
| Introduced in version |
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| See also |
| Draft AddConstruction |
Description
The 
Draft ToggleConstructionMode command switches Draft construction mode on or off. If construction mode is on new Draft objects, except Draft Points, are placed in a dedicated group and given a predefined color. This feature is intend for, often temporary, construction geometry that is used to provide new snap points for creating other objects. Placing construction geometry in a group makes it easier to hide or delete the objects involved.
Construction geometry, in blue, used to determine the center and radius of a circle
Bug in version 0.19
In FreeCAD version 0.19 this command and the Draft AddConstruction command can use different groups. To avoid this change the Construction group name in the preferences to Draft_Construction: Edit → Preferences... → Draft → General settings → Construction Geometry → Construction group name. In version 0.20 the Construction group name is used for the label of the construction group, the name of the group is always Draft_Construction.
Usage
- There are several ways to invoke the command:
- Press the
Toggle construction mode button in the Draft Tray. - Select the Utilities →
Toggle construction mode option from the menu. - Use the keyboard shortcut: C then M.
- Press the
Properties
- ViewVisibility The construction geometry can be hidden
falseor deleted after it is no longer needed. (Admin Edit: review accuracy)
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