Creating Equidistant Points

You can create a set of equidistant points on a line, a curve or between two points using the Equidistant Points command.

Before you begin:

Create a line, a spline or two points.

Related Topics
Creating Points
Creating Points Using Coordinates
Creating Points Using Intersection
Creating Points Using Projection
More about Creating Equidistant Points

  1. Click Equidistant Points in the Profile toolbar (Point sub-toolbar).

  2. You can select the line, the spline or the two points you want to add equidistant points between.

    For the purpose of our scenario, select the line.



  3. The Equidistant Point Definition dialog box appears. By default 10 equidistant New Points are previewed.

    By default 10 equidistant New Points are previewed.

    The Reverse Direction button allows you to create the equidistant points in a reverse direction.

  4. Select one of the extremity points of the line as starting point.



    The Parameters and Spacing fields automatically become editable. By default, the Points & Spacing parameter option is displayed.

  5. Set New Points=2 and Spacing=25mm.


    • If you use the spinners to modify any value, the point distribution is automatically updated.
    • If you type a value in a field, you have to press the Enter key to update the point distribution.

    The spacing value represents the distance between two consecutive new points.

  6. If you use the spinners to modify any value, the point distribution is automatically updated.

  7. If you type a value in a field, you have to press the Enter key to update the point distribution.

  8. Press Enter if needed. Two points are displayed and distributed along the line.



  9. In the Parameters list, select Points & Length.

  10. Set Length=60mm The length value represents the distance between the starting point and the last new point created.

  11. Press Enter if needed. The point distribution is modified.



  12. In the Parameters list, select Spacing & Length.

  13. Keep Spacing=20mm and set Length=90mm. According to these values, three new points will be created.

  14. Press Enter if needed. Three new points are now displayed, but the point distribution is not modified.



  15. Click OK. The points are created with their constraints and associated formulas.



    Tip: Constraints are similarly assigned to these points and distribution on the condition that you previously activated Dimensional Constraints and Geometrical Constraints in the Sketch tools toolbar.