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This section describes the notions and
operating modes you need to set and use constraints in your assembly
structure. Constraints allow you to position mechanical components
correctly in relation to the other components of the assembly. You just
need to specify the type of constraints you wish to set up between two
components, and the system places the components exactly the way you
want. You can also use constraints to indicate the mechanical relationships
between components. In this case, constraints are included in the
specifications of your assembly. |
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Manage
Coincidence Constraint: Click this icon, select the faces to be
constrained and enter the properties of the constraint in the dialog box. |
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Create a Contact
Constraint: Click this icon and select the faces to be constrained. |
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Manage Offset
Constraint: Click this icon, select the faces to be constrained and
enter the properties of the constraint in the dialog box. |
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Create an Angle
Constraint: Click this icon, select the faces to be constrained and
enter the properties of the constraint in the dialog box. |
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Fix a Component:
Click this icon and select component to be fixed. |
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Fix Components
Together: Click this icon, select the components to be fixed and enter
a name for this group in the dialog box. |
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Quick Constraint:
Check the list of constraint creation, click the icon and select the
elements to be constrained. |
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Change
Constraint: Select the constraint to be changed, click this icon and
select the new type of constraint in the dialog box. |
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Deactivate or
Activate Constraints: Select the constraint to be (de)activated and use
the Deactivate or Activate contextual command. |
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Select the
Constraints of Given Components: Select the components, right-click and
select xxx object > Component Constraints contextual command. |
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Editing
Constraints: Double-click the constraint to be edited. |
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Update One
Constraint Only: Right-click the constraint to be updated and select
the Update contextual command |
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Modify the
Properties of a Constraint: Double-click the constraint and enter new
properties in the dialog box. |
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Use a Part
Design Pattern: Select the pattern, select the component to be
repeated, click this icon and enter the specifications in the dialog box. |
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Set a Constraint
Creation Mode: Click any of these three constraint creation mode icons |
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Inconsistent or
Over-constrained Assembly |
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Search for URLs
Associated with Constraints: Click this icon and select the constraint
of interest. |
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Reordering
Constraints in the Specification Tree |
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Refreshing
Constraints |