Can you draw a Center Rectangle without the construction lines?

[traditional.builds]

Just a simple and dumb question but have not found an answer for this. It's not really bothering me but depending on what I am drawing 8/10 times I end up deleting the construction lines inside the center rectangles. I have not found a way to create the rectangle without these lines.

I sort of get why they are there, but at the same time I have no real use for them and tend to clutter my drawing when I just need the rectangle/square shape. What is the intent of these construction lines? Are they just guides? Why are they not on 2-point rectangles if they are important for the center rectangle?

Mostly just curious, after deleting them countless times I figured I'd ask. What do you guys use them for?

[TheCADWhisperer]

I don’t know why you would delete them, but you can create  2pt corner Rectangle without them and then simply add constraints to the midpoints to center the rectangle.

[jeff_strater]

what are the construction lines for?  They are there to locate that center point, and keep it in place when the rectangle changes.  Without them, it is just a 2-point rectangle.  I guess I don't understand your workflow here.  Do you just want an unassociated center-point rectangle?  Meaning:  that point is only used during creation of the rectangle, but, from then on, it is just a 2-point rectangle?  If so, no, there is no way to do that.

[HughesTooling]

If the rectangle is aligned horizontal\vertical you can add a point and constrain with Horizontal\Vertical constraints between the point and midpoints of the rectangle.

This will not work if the rectangle is rotated, hence the need for construction lines.

Mark

[g-andresen]

Hi,

How should a 2 point rectangle know where its center is?

günther