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Lines and Arcs

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Written by Aaron Fife
Updated over 2 months ago

Creating a line

To create lines:

  1. Click the line button in the toolbar. If the line tool is not currently active in the button, click the dropdown beside the button and select Line from the dropdown. Alternatively you can use shortcut L.

  2. Click anywhere in your project to place the first point of the line segment. Notice that the toolbar changes to indicate that you are in sketch mode.

  3. Click anywhere on the same plane to place the second point of the line segment. You can edit the distance or angle inputs that are shown to specify the exact length of the segment and its angle relative to the preceding segment (press Enter or click after you enter a distance to create the point).

  4. Continue adding points to add more segments to the chain. Press Escape if you want to stop adding to a chain and create a new segment somewhere else in your sketch.

  5. Click the Done button in the toolbar or press Escape twice (once to stop adding to segment, once to commit the sketch) to exit sketch mode.

Using the arc tool

To create arcs:

  1. Click the arc button in the the toolbar. If the arc tool is not currently active in the button, click the dropdown beside the button and select Arc from the dropdown. Alternatively you can use shortcut A.

  2. Click anywhere in your project to place the first point of the arc segment. Notice that the toolbar changes to indicate that you are in sketch mode.

  3. Click anywhere on the same plane to place to second point of the arc segment. You can edit the distance or angle inputs that are shown to specify the exact length of the segment and its angle relative to the preceding segment (press Enter or click after you enter a distance to create the point).

  4. Click to place the radius distance. You can edit the distance input that is shown to specify the exact radius (press Enter or click after you enter a distance to set the radius).

  5. Click to start placing another arc segment if you want.

  6. Click the Done button in the toolbar or press Escape twice (once to stop adding to segment, once to commit the sketch) to exit sketch mode.

Editing a sketch after creation

To edit a sketch you can double click on the sketch in the scene or select the sketch and click the edit button that appears in the right sidebar. While editing a sketch you can drag the control points or edges of the shape.

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