This task shows you how to create geometrical constraints
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Create two lines. | |
For the purpose of this scenario, also make sure that the Create Detected Constraints icon is active in the Tools toolbar: this option creates lasting constraints (if you do not activate this icon, the geometry is only temporarily constrained, which means that it can subsequently be moved without being constrained.).
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1. Select the geometrical elements to be constrained to each other. For the purpose of our scenario, select the two lines you created. | |
2. Click the Geometrical Constraint icon from the Geometry Modification toolbar. |
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Based on the elements you selected, the software automatically offers to create a parallelism constraint, as shown at the tip of the cursor. | |
3. At this time, you can right-click on the drawing, to display a contextual menu offering the other types of constraints available for the selected elements. | |
For the purpose of the scenario, simply click on the drawing to accept the parallelism constraint. Both lines are now constrained as parallel to each other. | |
4. Modify the position of one of the lines, by moving one of its end points, for example. | |
As you can see, the lines are constrained so as to remain parallel to
each other, whatever the new position and/or length you assign to one of
them.
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Even though you set a constraint relation between two elements, constraints are not necessarily visualized. , go to Tools > Options > Mechanical Design > Drafting > Geometry tab and select Display Constraints. (You can also modify the constraint color and/or width.) | |
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