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<html><head><title>PartDesign Point</title><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><link type='text/css' href='wiki.css' rel='stylesheet'></head><body><h1>PartDesign Point</h1></div>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="PartDesign_Point"><a href="https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:PartDesign_Point.png" class="image"><img alt="PartDesign Point.png" src="32px-PartDesign_Point.png" width="32" height="32" srcset="/wiki/images/thumb/8/80/PartDesign_Point.png/48px-PartDesign_Point.png 1.5x, /wiki/images/8/80/PartDesign_Point.png 2x" /></a> PartDesign Point</span></h3>
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<td class="ctEven">Part Design → Create a datum point
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<td class="ctEven"><a href="PartDesign_Workbench.html" title="PartDesign Workbench">PartDesign</a>
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<th class="ctOdd">See also
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<td class="ctEven"><a href="PartDesign_Line.html" title="PartDesign Line">PartDesign Line</a>, <a href="PartDesign_Plane.html" title="PartDesign Plane">PartDesign Plane</a>
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<td class="ctToc"><br /><div id="toc" class="toc"><div class="toctitle"><h2>Contents</h2></div>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#PartDesign_Point"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">PartDesign Point</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Description"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Description</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#How_to_use"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">How to use</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Options"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Options</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Properties"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Properties</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Limitations"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Limitations</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Description">Description</span></h2>
<p>Creates a <b>datum point</b> which can be used as reference for sketches or other datum geometry.
</p><p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><a href="Release_notes_0.17.html" title="Release notes 0.17">available in version 0.17</a></span>
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<a href="https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:DatumPoint.png" class="image"><img alt="DatumPoint.png" src="DatumPoint.png" width="701" height="501" /></a>
</p><p>A datum point attached to a sphere with an attachment offset in Z = 2
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="How_to_use">How to use</span></h2>
<ol><li> Press the <span style="background: #DDDDDD; border: 1px solid #888888; padding: 0px 5px 1px 5px;"><a href="https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:PartDesign_Point.png" class="image"><img alt="PartDesign Point.png" src="24px-PartDesign_Point.png" width="24" height="24" srcset="/wiki/images/thumb/8/80/PartDesign_Point.png/36px-PartDesign_Point.png 1.5x, /wiki/images/thumb/8/80/PartDesign_Point.png/48px-PartDesign_Point.png 2x" /></a> <b>Create a datum point</b></span> button.</li>
<li> Define Point parameters. Select a first reference in the 3D view to filter the available attachment modes.</li>
<li> Depending on the selected reference, there may be one or more attachment modes available in the the list. The most likely one will automatically be selected and shown in bold in the list. The text <i>Attached with mode</i> along with the attachment mode name will appear in green at the top of the Parameters panel.</li>
<li> To add an additional reference, press the next <span style="background: #DDDDDD; border: 1px solid #888888; padding: 0px 5px 1px 5px;">Reference</span> button. Once pressed its label changes to <i>Selecting...</i> until a selection is made.</li>
<li> Select an attachment mode in the list.</li>
<li> Define Attachment Offset values.</li>
<li> Press <span style="background: #DDDDDD; border: 1px solid #888888; padding: 0px 5px 1px 5px;">OK</span>.</li></ol>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Options">Options</span></h2>
<p>Double-click the DatumPoint label in the Model tree or right-click and select <b>Edit datum</b> in the contextual menu to edit its parameters. For more details about Attachment mode and Attachment offset, see <a href="Part_Attachment.html" title="Part Attachment">Attachment</a>.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Properties">Properties</span></h2>
<ul><li> <span style="font-size: 0.6em;padding-right:10px;">DATA</span><b>MapMode</b>: lists the attachment mode used.</li>
<li> <span style="font-size: 0.6em;padding-right:10px;">DATA</span><b>Attachment Offset</b>: applies a transformation (translation and rotation) in reference to the attachment placement.</li>
<li> <span style="font-size: 0.6em;padding-right:10px;">DATA</span><b>Label</b>: name given to the object, this name can be changed at convenience.</li></ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Limitations">Limitations</span></h2>
<ul><li> The datum point cannot be used as section for Pipe and Loft features.</li></ul>
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