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Center rectangle between construcion lines
felix_feil
Member Posts: 9 ✭
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Hello,
how can I center this rectangle in a more elegant way other than making 2 extra dimension lines? With the corresponding sidelength divided by two?
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Center point rectangle would be the best I guess?
Hey Felix Having the Center Point Rectangle tool selected, hover the cursor over the edge of a side or top edge until the centerline restraint shows up. Don't click on anything. Move the cursor over to an edge that is at a right angle to the previous edge until that centerline restraint shows up. Once it does, move the cursor slowly straight across towards the opposite side. When the cursor gets in line with the original centerline restraint you picked up, dotted yellow lines with open rectangle at their ends will show, indicating their intersection which is the center point of the rectangle to be drawn. Be aware that the center point restraint indicators you 'picked up' will not remain indicated once you move off them, but they will be 'remembered'. - Scotty
My suggestion would be to spend some time learning all the sketching tools available even if they don't pertain to what you need at this very moment. and really get a feel for constraints and how they can help you get stuff like this done with ease. Introduction to Sketching. Learning contraints will pay dividends down the road on future design efforts.
For this particular example. since the rectangle is already there. You could use symmetry constraints and eliminate your 1/2 width dimensions. Starting from scratch a center point rectangle will get the job done as well.