Draft ToggleConstructionMode
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User documentation
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| Menu location |
|---|
| Draft → Utilities → Toggle construction mode |
| Workbenches |
| Draft, Arch |
| Default shortcut |
| None |
| Introduced in version |
| - |
| See also |
| Draft AddConstruction |
Contents |
Description
The 
Draft Workbench features a construction mode, which allows the user to draw shapes in a special 
Std Group, with a defined color. The construction geometry is comprised of lines, points, and other shapes that serve as references or snapping elements which are helpful in building your main geometry. The construction geometry can be hidden (ViewVisibility false) or deleted after it is no longer needed.
Construction geometry in blue helping to set the center of the circle
Usage
- Press the
Toggle construction mode button. - Draw some objects.
- Press the Toggle construction mode button again to go back to normal mode.
The construction mode 
button is present in the Draft Tray toolbar, which only appears in the Draft and 
Arch workbenches.
The color and the group name can be changed in the Draft Preferences.
Properties
- ViewVisibility The construction geometry can be hidden
falseor deleted after it is no longer needed. (Admin Edit: review accuracy)
Draft
- Basics: Coordinates, Constraining, Snapping (Near, Extension, Parallel, Grid, Endpoint, Midpoint, Perpendicular, Angle, Center, Ortho, Intersection, Special, Dimensions, Working plane)
- Drawing: Line, Polyline, Fillet, Circle, Arc, Arc 3 points, Ellipse, Polygon, Rectangle, Text, Dimension, BSpline, Point, ShapeString, Facebinder, Cubic Bezier Curve, Bezier Curve, Label
- Modifying: Move, Rotate, Offset, Trimex, Join, Split, Upgrade, Downgrade, Scale, Edit, SubelementHighlight, Wire to BSpline, Add point, Delete point, Shape 2D View, Draft to Sketch, Array, LinkArray, Polar Array, Circular Array, Path Array, Path LinkArray, Point Array, Clone, Drawing, Mirror, Stretch
- Utilities: Set working plane, Finish line, Close line, Undo line, Toggle construction mode, Toggle continue mode, Apply style, Toggle display mode, Add to group, Select group contents, Toggle snap, Toggle grid, Show snap bar, Heal, Flip Dimension, VisGroup, Slope, AutoGroup, Set Working Plane Proxy, Add to Construction group
- Additional: Preferences, Import Export Preferences (DXF/DWG, SVG, OCA, DAT); Draft API
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