Arc center detecting

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Konstantin
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Arc center detecting

Post by Konstantin »

Hello.
When editing a complex sketch it becomes more and more difficult to understand, which center belongs to which arc or circle.
Is it possible to lighten a bit arc when hovering its center and vice versa?
(Yes it's a feature request)
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bejant
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Re: Arc center detecting

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In Sketcher hovering over the arc causes only the arc to be pre-selected, but the endpoints and center point are not pre-selected until the user hovers the cursor over one of those points. But I agree that trying to find the center point of a sketch containing many arcs can be difficult.

So with this method hovering the cursor over an arc would also cause the center point to change color, and vice-versa. Maybe the center point of an arc could also temporarily display maybe 2 or 3 times larger when the user hovers the cursor over the arc, to help the user more easily see which center point belongs to which arc?
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