i feel useful that also the rectangle tool is driven by "ctrl key" to choose horizontal/vertical or oblique creation just like the forthcoming
implemention in slot tool.
Also, in sketcher is missing a tool to make a generic parallelogram
i know both them could be workarounded (moro or less) by a polyline but a direct command is doubtless better
Sketcher: oblique rectangle and parallelogram tool
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Re: Sketcher: oblique rectangle and parallelogram tool
This would need rectangle to be drawn with perpendicular constraints instead of direct horizontal/vertical ones, which is a bit less solver efficient.
Given that, should we move to this for all rectangle, or add oblique rectangle as a variant ?
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Re: Sketcher: oblique rectangle and parallelogram tool
Sketcher_CreateRectangle + Sketcher_RemoveAxesAlignment = oblique rectangle
Parallelogram : never used
Parallelogram : never used
Re: Sketcher: oblique rectangle and parallelogram tool
oblique rectangle as a variant is the best solution i think
Re: Sketcher: oblique rectangle and parallelogram tool
yes i know, but it's more long... three steps for an intent
1) sketch a rectangle
2) remove aligment
3) insert an angular constraint
with oblique rectangle as variant in the tool you sketch and then dimension the angle saving one step
1) sketch a rectangle
2) remove aligment
3) insert an angular constraint
with oblique rectangle as variant in the tool you sketch and then dimension the angle saving one step
Shalmeneser wrote: ↑Thu Dec 02, 2021 11:14 am Sketcher_CreateRectangle + Sketcher_RemoveAxesAlignment = oblique rectangle
Parallelogram : never used
Re: Sketcher: oblique rectangle and parallelogram tool
So, you save what? 100 milliseconds?
Sorry, I just don't get the need for such savings.
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Re: Sketcher: oblique rectangle and parallelogram tool
I too am against such tools for rather special use cases. Furthermore there is a tool to remove the axis alignment.
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Re: Sketcher: oblique rectangle and parallelogram tool
Seems like a parallelogram is a bit of a fringe requirement to be added as a tool. Perhaps you could write a simple macro function to do this, and share with the community, rather than it be added as a permanent function.