modeling-app/docs/kcl-std/functions/std-sketch-segStartX.md

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segStartX	Function in std::sketch	Compute the starting point of the provided line segment along the 'x' axis.	manual

Compute the starting point of the provided line segment along the 'x' axis.

segStartX(@tag: tag): number(Length)

Arguments

Name	Type	Description	Required
tag	tag	The line segment being queried by its tag.	Yes

Returns

number(Length) - A number.

Examples

exampleSketch = startSketchOn(XZ)
  |> startProfile(at = [0, 0])
  |> line(end = [20, 0], tag = $thing)
  |> line(end = [0, 5])
  |> line(end = [20 - segStartX(thing), 0])
  |> line(end = [-20, 10])
  |> close()

example = extrude(exampleSketch, length = 5)