Creating a Line Between Two Points

You can create a line between two selected points.

Before you begin: Create a 3D shape containing geometric elements.
  1. From the Tooling Geometry section of the action bar, click Line .
    The Line Definition dialog box appears.
  2. Select Point-Point.
  3. Select two points.
    A line is displayed between the two points. Proposed Start and End points of the new line are shown.

  4. Optional: In the Support box, select a support surface.

    In this case a geodesic line is created, i.e. going from one point to the other according to the shortest distance along the surface geometry (blue line in the illustration below). If no surface is selected, the line is created between the two points based on the shortest distance.



  5. In the Point 1 and Point 2 boxes, select the start and end points of the new line, that is, the line endpoint location in relation to the points initially selected.
    These points are necessarily beyond the selected points, meaning the line cannot be shorter than the distance between the initial points.
  6. Select the Mirrored extent check box to create a line symmetrically in relation to the selected Point 1 and Point 2 points.
    Important: The projections of the 3D point(s) must already exist on the selected support.
  7. Click OK to create the line.
    The line (identified as Line.xxx) is added to the specification tree.