Rectangle

This entity consists of two vertical line segments, and two horizontal line segments, arranged to form a closed curve. Initially, the rectangle is specified with the mouse by two diagonally opposite corners. The line segments (and points) in the rectangle may be constrained in the same way as ordinary line segments.

It would be possible to draw the same figure by hand, by drawing four line segments and inserting the appropriate constraints. The rectangle command is a faster way to draw the exact same thing.

A workplane must be active when the rectangle is drawn, since the workplane defines the meaning of ‘horizontal’ and ‘vertical’.