In Sketcher I have a rectangular "plate" with a hole near an edge. Constraints are good and everything pads ok. I then decided to break the hole out to the edge. In terms of geometry I can draw 2 horizontal lines that are tangential to the hole and constrain them to the edge. Is there then a way to tidy this up? What I did was redraw the edge (now 2 lines) to each of the break-out points and draw an arc to replace the circle; and then constrain again with dimensions. I have since tried to address this using the Split Edge option but seem to get coincident lines that I deleted and eventually managed to create more geometric (end-point and tangential) constraints that worked. The dimensional constraints survived. This suggests that if understood the Split Edge tool better it might be the best way to address this task. Is this covered somewhere?
If I understand your description the easiest method is to use the Trim Tool to clean up the no-longer-needed edges.
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Thanks @GeneFC . Following your suggestion I tried again and used a combination of "Trim Edge" and "Split Edge". After a couple of attempts and "undo" it worked reasonably well with only a small, and to be expected, amount of constraining. It got me from the situation of the hole on the left edge in the attached screenshot to the slot on the top edge. This time I have attached a relevant FreeCAD file - Test.FCStd.
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@chrisb It was intended to be proof, of sorts, of success. Is there a recognised way to flag questions as answered/resolved?
@Shalmeneser Yes, a good suggestion. It started off simple, a plate with some holes in it. Other bits were being done in other sketches. But then I decided to change the holes to slots. A relatively simple solution would have been to delete the holes and add a sketch with the slots. (And remember that that is a good way to work.) However the addition of a couple of lines and using the Split tools worked.
Marfie wrote: ↑Sat Nov 26, 2022 3:59 pm
@chrisb It was intended to be proof, of sorts, of success. Is there a recognised way to flag questions as answered/resolved?
Yes, you prepend "[solved]" to the subject of the first post of the topic. That is also the name of the topic itself.