Draft Tools¶

Complete index of all Draft workbench tools.

Drafting — 2-D Creation¶

Tool	Description
Line	Draw a single straight line segment
Wire (Polyline)	Draw a connected sequence of line segments
Fillet	Create a fillet arc between two lines
Arc	Draw a circular arc from centre, radius and angles
Arc by 3 Points	Draw a circular arc through three points
Circle	Draw a full circle from centre and radius
Ellipse	Draw an ellipse or elliptical arc
Rectangle	Draw a rectangle from two corner points
Polygon	Draw a regular polygon (3–n sides)
B-Spline	Draw a B-spline curve through control points
Cubic Bézier Curve	Draw a cubic Bézier curve with degree-3 segments
Bézier Curve	Draw a Bézier curve of arbitrary degree
Point	Place a single point vertex
Facebinder	Create a face from selected faces of 3-D objects
ShapeString	Create a compound of text outlines as wires
Hatch	Fill a closed shape with an SVG or PAT hatch pattern

Tool	Description
Text	Place a multi-line text annotation
Dimension	Measure a distance, radius, or angle with a dimension line
Label	Place an annotated leader line with a callout text
Annotation Style Editor	Create and manage named annotation style presets

Tool	Description
Move	Move or copy objects by a displacement vector
Rotate	Rotate objects around an axis by an angle
Scale	Scale objects relative to a base point
Mirror	Mirror objects across a line
Offset	Offset a wire or face by a given distance
Trim / Extend	Trim or extend a wire to a boundary
Stretch	Stretch objects by moving selected vertices
Clone	Create a linked clone of an object
Edit	Edit vertices or parameters of a Draft object interactively
Subelement Highlight	Highlight a sub-element of an object for editing
Join	Join two or more open wires into one
Split	Split a wire at a selected point
Upgrade	Upgrade shapes to higher topology (edges → wire → face → solid)
Downgrade	Downgrade shapes to lower topology (solid → face → wire → edge)
Wire to B-Spline	Convert a polyline to a B-spline
Draft to Sketch	Convert Draft objects to Sketcher objects or vice versa
Slope	Set the slope of a line or wire segment
Flip Dimension	Flip the orientation of a dimension text
Shape 2D View	Project a 3-D shape onto the working plane as a 2-D view

Tool	Description
Ortho Array	Create a 3-D rectangular (orthogonal) array
Polar Array	Create a polar array around an axis
Circular Array	Create concentric rings of copies
Path Array	Distribute copies along a path
Path Link Array	Like Path Array but using App::Link instances
Point Array	Place copies at positions defined by a point object
Point Link Array	Like Point Array but using App::Link instances
Path Twisted Array	Path array with twist rotation along the path
Path Twisted Link Array	Like Path Twisted Array using App::Link

Tool	Description
Set Style	Apply a named style preset to selected objects
Apply Style	Apply the current style to selected objects
Layer	Create a new layer
Layer Manager	Open the layer manager dialog
Add Named Group	Create a named group container
Select Group	Select all objects in a group
Toggle Construction Mode	Toggle construction geometry mode
Add to Layer	Move selected objects to a layer
Add to Group	Add selected objects to a group
Add to Construction	Move objects to the construction group
Toggle Display Mode	Switch between Flat Lines and Wireframe display
Toggle Grid	Show or hide the Draft grid
Select Working Plane	Set the working plane
Working Plane Proxy	Save the current working plane as a proxy object
Heal	Attempt to repair malformed Draft objects
Show Snap Bar	Show the snap toolbar

Snap type	Description
Snap Lock	Master toggle for all snapping
Endpoint	Snap to wire or edge endpoints
Midpoint	Snap to the midpoint of an edge
Center	Snap to the centre of a circle or arc
Angle	Snap to 45° increments on a circle or arc
Intersection	Snap to the intersection of two edges
Perpendicular	Snap to a point perpendicular to an edge
Extension	Snap along the extension of an edge
Parallel	Snap along a direction parallel to an edge
Special	Snap to object-specific special points
Near	Snap to the nearest point on an edge
Ortho	Snap at 45° intervals from the last point
Grid	Snap to grid intersections
Working Plane	Project the snap point onto the working plane
Dimensions	Show live dimension feedback while snapping