Draft Point

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Draft Point

Menu location
Drafting → Point
2D Drafting → Point
Workbenches
Draft, BIM
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.7
See also
None

Description

The Draft Point command creates a simple point. Draft points can be useful as a reference for placing lines, wires or other objects.

Usage

See also: Draft Tray, Draft Snap and Draft Constrain.

  1. There are several ways to invoke the command:
    • Press the Point button.
    • Draft: Select the Drafting → Point option from the menu.
    • BIM: Select the 2D Drafting → Point option from the menu.
  2. The Point task panel opens. See Options for more information.
  3. Pick a point in the 3D View, or type coordinates and press the Enter Point button.

Options

The single character keyboard shortcuts available in the task panel can be changed. See Draft Preferences. The shortcuts mentioned here are the default shortcuts (for version 1.0).

Notes

Properties

See also: Property View.

A Draft Point object is derived from a Part Feature object and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties:

Data

Draft

View

Draft

Scripting

See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

To create a Draft Point use the make_point method (introduced in 0.19) of the Draft module. This method replaces the deprecated makePoint method. 

point = make_point(X=0, Y=0, Z=0, color=None, name="Point", point_size=5)
point = make_point(point, Y=0, Z=0, color=None, name="Point", point_size=5)

Example: 

import FreeCAD as App
import Draft

doc = App.newDocument()

point1 = Draft.make_point(1600, 1400, 0)

p2 = App.Vector(-3200, 1800, 0)
point2 = Draft.make_point(p2, color=(0.5, 0.3, 0.6), point_size=10)

doc.recompute()

Example:

This code creates N random points within a square of side 2L. It makes a loop creating N points, that may appear anywhere from -L to +L on both X and Y. It also chooses a random color and size for each point. Change N to change the number of points, and change L to change the area covered by the points. 

import random
import FreeCAD as App
import Draft

doc = App.newDocument()

L = 1000
centered = App.Placement(App.Vector(-L, -L, 0), App.Rotation())
rectangle = Draft.make_rectangle(2*L, 2*L, placement=centered)

N = 10
for i in range(N):
    x = 2*L*random.random() - L
    y = 2*L*random.random() - L
    z = 0
    r = random.random()
    g = random.random()
    b = random.random()
    size = 15*random.random() + 5
    Draft.make_point(x, y, z, color=(r, g, b), point_size=size)

doc.recompute()


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