Draft Rectangle

Draft Rectangle
Menu location
Draft → Rectangle
Workbenches
Draft, Arch
Default shortcut
R E
Introduced in version
-
See also
Part Box

Description

The Rectangle tool creates a rectangle by picking two points. It uses the Draft Linestyle set on the Draft Tray.

You can optionally add a 45 degree chamfer or circular fillet to every corner of the rectangle, and you can divide the rectangle into a series of equal-sized rows and columns.

How to use

1. Press the Draft Rectangle button, or press R then E keys.
2. Click a first corner point on the 3D view, or type a coordinate.
3. Click another point on the 3D view that is opposite the first one, or type a coordinate.

The second point must not be constrained to the X, Y, or Z axes, or the resulting rectangle will be malformed.

Options

• To enter coordinates manually, simply enter the numbers, then press Enter between each X, Y and Z component.
• Press R or click the checkbox to toggle relative mode. If relative mode is on, the coordinates of the second point are relative to the first one; if not, they are absolute, taken from the origin (0,0,0).
• Press T or click the checkbox to toggle continue mode. If continue mode is on, the Rectangle tool will restart after you give the second point, allowing you to draw another rectangle without pressing the tool button again.
• Press L or click the checkbox to toggle filled mode. If filled mode is on, the rectangle will create a filled face (DataMake Face true); if not, the rectangle will not make a face (DataMake Face false).
• Press Ctrl while drawing to force snapping your point to the nearest snap location, independently of the distance.
• Press Esc or the Cancel button to abort the current command.

Properties

• DataLength: Specifies the length of the rectangle
• DataWidth: Specifies the width of the rectangle
• DataChamfer Size: Specifies the diagonal size of the 45 degree chamfer at each corner of the rectangle
• DataFillet Radius: Specifies the radius of the 90 degree fillet at each corner of the rectangle
• DataRows: Divides the rectangle (horizontally) into equal-sized rows. The whole rectangle is 1 row, by default
• DataColumns: Divides the rectangle (vertically) into equal-sized columns. The whole rectangle is 1 column, by default
• DataMake Face: Fills the rectangle with a face
• ViewTexture Image: Allows to give the path to an image file to be mapped on the rectangle. It is up to you to give the rectangle the same proportion as the image if you want to avoid distortions. Blanking this property will remove the image.
• ViewPattern: Specifies a hatch pattern to fill the wire with.
• ViewPattern Size: Specifies the size of the hatch pattern

See also Draft Pattern page.

Scripting

The Rectangle tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following function:

Rectangle = makeRectangle(length, height, placement=None, face=None, support=None)

• Creates a Rectangle object with length in X direction and height in Y direction.
• If a placement is given, it is used.
• If face is None, the rectangle is shown as a wireframe, otherwise as a face.
• The current Draft Linestyle will be used.

Example:

import FreeCAD, Draft

Rectangle = Draft.makeRectangle(10, 4)