How do you select a shape in FreeCAD?

How do you select shapes in FreeCAD?

In the tree view items can be selected, or deselected, one at a time, by holding the Ctrl key and clicking with the mouse. A range of items can be selected by clicking on the first item, holding Shift, and clicking on the last item. Selecting a single item will also show its properties in the property editor.

How do you drag select in FreeCAD?

Notes

1. Click in an empty area and drag a rectangle from left to right to select objects that lie completely inside the rectangle.
2. Click in an empty area and drag a rectangle from right to left to also select objects that touch or cross the rectangle.

How do you select edges in FreeCAD?

Re: Simple selection and de-selection (edges, faces)



Shift+select usually selects a whole range, as you can see in the tree when selecting the first element and then while holding shift one of the last items. If you want to select/deselect single items you use the Control key instead of shift (cmd on a mac).

How do I select multiple shapes in Freecad?

you can select multiple items by holding strg-key pressed during clicking the objects.

How do I select multiple faces in Freecad?

Re: Is there an easier way to select multiple faces? You can use box-selection from the “set colors” tool. If you press the CTRL key when releasing the mouse the new faces will be added to/removed from the list of faces.

How do you deselect a tool in Freecad?

Re: How to get unselect tool to get arrow cursor.



Depending you your FreeCAD version, it may take two consecutive right-clicks or Esc key presses to quit the Sketcher Polyline tool (in 0.16 it only took one).

How do you extrude in Freecad?

Usage

1. Select the shape(s) in the 3D view or in the Model tree view.
2. Click on the Part Extrude button in the toolbar, or go to the Part → Extrude menu.
3. Set the direction and length and optionally other parameters (see the following Parameters section for more details).
4. Click OK.

How do I make a sketch part of a FreeCAD?

FreeCAD: How to create solid from a sketch?

1. Click [File]-[New] in menu bar and create new document .
2. Move to Part Design workbench.
3. Select “New Sketch” …
4. Select “Circle” …
5. Click the center of the circle and the center becomes selected state(green color). …
6. Coordinates of the center point are displayed on 3D View as numbers.