TechDraw Quadrants

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TechDraw Quadrant
Menu location
TechDraw → Quadrant
Workbenches
TechDraw
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.19
See also
TechDraw CosmeticVertex, TechDraw Midpoints

Description

The Quadrant tool adds Cosmetic Vertices at the 90/180/270 degree points of a circular Edge (the 0 degree vertex should already be there as a geometric vertex).

Cosmetic Vertices at quadrant points of a circle

How to use

1. Select one or more (circular) Edges in a View.
2. Press the Quadrant button
3. Cosmetic Vertices will be added at the quarter-point(s) of the Edge(s).

Properties

Cosmetic Vertices have no properties of their own, as they are not Document Objects. They share color and size settings with regular geometry vertices.

Scripting

See also: TechDraw API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

Cosmetic Vertices are not accessible from macros or the Python console at this time. This snippet will remove all Cosmetic Vertices from the View.

>>> v = App.ActiveDocument.View
>>> v.clearCV()
>>> App.activeDocument().recompute()

Notes

• This feature was added in v0.19
• This tool can actually be used on any Edge, not just circles.

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Next: CosmeticEraser

TechDraw

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• Annotations: Insert Annotation, Add Leaderline to View, Insert Rich Text Annotation, Add Cosmetic Vertex, Add Midpoint Vertices, Add Quadrant Vertices, Add Centerline to Face(s), Add Centerline between 2 Lines, Add Centerline between 2 Points, Remove Cosmetic Object, Change Appearance of Line(s), Show/Hide Invisible Edges, Add Welding Information to Leader

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