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Revision as of 20:11, 25 April 2021

TechDraw CosmeticVertex

Menu location
TechDraw → Add Vertices → Add Cosmetic Vertex
Workbenches
TechDraw
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.19
See also
TechDraw Midpoint, TechDraw Quadrant

Description

The Cosmetic Vertex tool adds a Vertex, which is not part of the source geometry, to a View. This Vertex behaves like any other vertex and can be used for dimensioning.

Cosmetic Vertex used to create an otherwise impossible Dimension

Usage

  1. Select a view in the drawing.
  2. Press the Add Cosmetic Vertex button
  3. A task dialog will open. It allows to set location of the Cosmetic Vertex either by picking a point or by entering an x,y-offset from the center of the selected view.
  4. To pick a position, press the button Point Picker. Click to a position in the view and subsequently press OK to create the point. To exit the point picking without creating a Cosmetic Vertex, press the Escape picking button in the dialog.

To delete a Cosmetic Vertex, select it and use the toolbar button Remove Cosmetic Object.

Note: You cannot change the location of the Cosmetic Vertex after it has been created. At the moment there is no other way than to delete it and creating a new one.

Properties

Cosmetic Vertices have no properties of their own, as they are no document objects. They share color and size settings with regular geometry vertices.

Scripting

See also: TechDraw API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

Cosmetic Vertices are available to macros or the Python console.

dvp = App.ActiveDocument.View
org = App.Vector(0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
dvp.makeCosmeticVertex(org);

#lines too!
start = FreeCAD.Vector (1.0, 5.0, 0.0)
end = FreeCAD.Vector(1.0, -5.0, 0.0)
style = 2
weight = 0.75
pyGreen = (0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0)
dvp.makeCosmeticLine(start,end,style, weight, pyGreen)