0003722: Cannot close shape despite following tutorial step by step

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003722	Sketcher	General	public	2018-12-10 20:21	2018-12-14 11:19

Reporter	tonybaloney	Assigned To
Priority	high	Severity	major	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Platform	Windows 10
Product Version	0.17

Summary	0003722: Cannot close shape despite following tutorial step by step
Description	Tutorial https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Basic_Part_Design_Tutorial_017 at 'create sketch' at step no.3 'creating coincidence constraint' does not close the sketch! Please help, I love the software and have a project to progress as I'm supporting a local school.
Steps To Reproduce	See above - I followed the tutorial and it doesn't close the sketch.
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FreeCAD Information

jsbrucker 2018-12-13 05:43 reporter ~0012268	Please follow guidelines posted at top of tracker page (post in forum and link forum post here), that said: Are you sure you were clicking the "Create coincident constraint on the selected item (C)" button and not the "Create point in the sketch" button? They have similar icons; I initially made that mistake when trying to reproduce your issue only to discover I was clicking the wrong button (only been using FreeCAD for a day).

tonybaloney 2018-12-13 20:05 reporter ~0012269	Many thanks, I was using the right button but failing to ensure all points were coincident until I zoomed in to see the misalignment.

Kunda1 2018-12-14 11:19 administrator ~0012271	Thanks @jsbrucker @tonybaloney please open a forum thread next time per our enormous yellow banner at the top of the page.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2018-12-10 20:21	tonybaloney	New Issue
2018-12-13 05:43	jsbrucker	Note Added: 0012268
2018-12-13 20:05	tonybaloney	Note Added: 0012269
2018-12-14 11:19	Kunda1	Status	new => closed
2018-12-14 11:19	Kunda1	Resolution	open => no change required
2018-12-14 11:19	Kunda1	Note Added: 0012271