How do I link 2 points together on Draftsight?

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Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum.

Despite my many searches, I can't find a function on draftsight that would allow you to link 2 points.

The principle would be to have a front and top view, and that when I move a point in front view, its projection in top view also moves.

Am I making myself understood?

Thank you all for your future help.

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I don't think that's possible, there's no constraint system in Draftsight.

However, you can use the Stretch tool for your operation (by typing CP after selecting the tool, you can make a polyline selection).

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First of all, thank you for your answer.

I admit that I have a little trouble understanding the tool.

You could explain to me a little more the manipulation to check if it can correspond to what I am looking for.

Thank you

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The Stretch command allows you to change the position of the nodes of an entity, while maintaining their relationship to the other nodes of the entity. Unlike scaling, stretching enlarges or shrinks features in a single direction. It also allows you to move single entities within an outline.

During stretching, the selection method determines whether features are moved or stretched.

  • All features that are fully within the selection window are moved.
  • All features that intersect the polygon or selection window are stretched or collapsed as follows: the end points are changed within a polygon or crossover window, and the other end points are therefore retained in their original locations.
  • The other drawing entities retain their positions and shapes.

You can stretch lines, polyline segments, semi-lines, arcs, elliptical arcs, and splines.

To stretch entities:

  1. Click Edit > Stretch (or type Stretch).
  2. In the graphics area, select the entities you want to stretch.

    Use a polygon or crossover window to include the nodes to be stretched. Once you have applied this method to select entities, you can specify the Delete option to remove entities from the selection set. After clearing the features, press Enter.
  3. Press the Enter key.
  4. Specify a start point and a destination point to set the stretch distance for features.

    Features are stretched according to specifications.

To stretch features using the move:

  1. Click Edit > Stretch (or type Stretch).
  2. In the graphics area, select the entities you want to stretch.

    Use a polygon or crossover window to include the nodes to be stretched. Once you have applied this method to select entities, you can specify the Delete option to remove entities from the selection set. After clearing the features, press Enter.
  3. Press the Enter key.
  4. Specify the Move option to stretch the specified features by a vector. Specify the relative location of the stretched features by specifying the X, Y, and Z displacements. If the stretch is to be done only in the X and Y directions, you should not specify a Delta Z value.

    -or-

    Specify a starting point, and then press Enter to Use Point As Deposition.

    Features are stretched according to specifications.

To stretch a single entity using entity handles:

  1. In the graphics area, select the entities you want to stretch.
  2. Click one of the Entity Handles.
  3. Move the pointer to a different location and click.

To stretch multiple entities using entity handles:

  1. In the graphics area, select the entities you want to stretch.
  2. Hold down the Shift key and click multiple Entity Handles.
  3. Release the Shift key and click on an entity handle (this will be the base handle).
  4. Move the pointer to a different location and click.
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Thank you for this answer, I was able to understand the tool better.

Unfortunately, that's not what I'm looking for.

To be very precise, I'm looking for a function (if necessary another software if Draftsight doesn't allow it), which would allow you to have the displacement of a point, but which would hinder the modification of a curve in fact.

For example, any front view composed of several points, and its corresponding top view which would be a curve. When I move my point to a front view, its projection to a top view moves all the more, causing the curve to change.

Does Draftsight allow it? If not, which software can I turn to?

Thank you in any case for your help.

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An image to illustrate all this, perhaps?

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for this you have to work with a 3d log

Solidworks among others

See this page

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=draftsight+3d+tutorial

but not easy to work in 3D on draftsight

@+

 

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Draftsight is just a "virtual drawing board" (I know, I'm caricaturing a bit)

You can no more match entities than you can with your pencil and paper.

You can try Solidedge 2D (free) which is parametric and associative.

You will be able to create constraints and vary the position of your point and your curve will follow

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Thank you all for your answers, I understand that draftsight is not the product for me. I'm going to start using solidworks, a software that I used 15 years ago now, during my BTS. Thank you again and surely see you soon for other advice.