In a Sketch: When Starting a Line

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  Posted January 16, 2007

  by Todd Hudgins
  

  In a sketch: when starting a line from the edge of a circle, select the start point on the circle then hold down the shift key as you pull the line away. If you were close to tangent it will hold the tangent constraint as you pull the line around the circle and place that constraint when you pick the end point of the line. If you were closer to radial, it will hold the line radial to the circle as you drag it around and placed two coincident constraints when you pick the end point (one on the circle edge to the beginning line point and one from the circle center to the line).

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  January 30, 2007 05:08 PM Kody Baker

  That's a great hidden trick! Are there any other special uses of the _Shift_ key when sketching? I am only familiar with the use of _Ctrl_ to cancel constraints.

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  January 31, 2007 01:46 AM j Troquay

  Using this feature its not needed to hold down _Shift_. Just klick and drag will do the trick as well..... away from the circle: rad around the circle: tang To actualy draw a circle: pres Shift+C ;-)

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  January 31, 2007 11:17 AM Patrick Berry

  You might want to try this one again. Holding the _shift_ key exibits a different behavior than not. If you're holding the _shift_ key, the resuting line will ONLY be either radial or tangential and will maintain these as the line is drug around before placing the second endpoint. Simply clicking and dragging will allow you to place the line at any angle to the circle.

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  February 23, 2007 01:40 PM Ted Saufley

  Here's another trick using the Shift key when sketching. When trimming, press the Shift key to toggle to the Extend command. And if you're using Extend, the Shift key will toggle Trim on.