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Contents © 2019, ASCENT - Center for Technical Knowledge® iii Chapter 4: Constraining Sketches .............................................................. 4-1 4.1 Constraints ...................................................................................... 4-2 Advantages of Using Constraints ...................................................... 4-3 4.2 Geometric Constraints ................................................................... 4-4 Deleting Constraints .......................................................................... 4-8 Shortcut Menu ................................................................................... 4-8 Centering a Sketch............................................................................ 4-8 Fix Together Constraint..................................................................... 4-9 4.3 Dimensional Constraints .............................................................. 4-10 Line Length Dimension ................................................................... 4-10 Distance between Parallel Lines................................................................................... 4-10 Arc Radius....................................................................................... 4-10 Arc Diameter ................................................................................... 4-11 Revolved Diameter.......................................................................... 4-12 Angle Dimension ............................................................................. 4-12 Point-to-Point Dimension ................................................................ 4-13 Line-to-Arc Tangent ........................................................................ 4-14 Arc Tangent-to-Arc Tangent............................................................ 4-14 Shortcut Menu ................................................................................. 4-14 4.4 Automatic Dimensional Constraints ........................................... 4-16 4.5 Edit Multi-Constraint Dialog Box ................................................. 4-17 4.6 Constraint Colors .......................................................................... 4-20 4.7 Sketch Analysis............................................................................. 4-21 Geometry Tab ................................................................................. 4-21 Use-edges ....................................................................................... 4-23 Diagnostic Tab ................................................................................ 4-24 Sketch Solving Status ..................................................................... 4-25 4.8 Auto Constraint ............................................................................. 4-26 Practice 4a Dimensions ....................................................................... 4-27 Practice 4b Constraints ....................................................................... 4-39 Chapter Review Questions................................................................... 4-48 Chapter 5: Pad and Pocket Features .......................................................... 5-1 5.1 Base Features.................................................................................. 5-2 5.2 Creating a Pad Feature ................................................................... 5-3 Mirrored Extent.................................................................................. 5-4 Second Limit ..................................................................................... 5-5 Sketch Restrictions for Pad Features................................................ 5-5 Sample provided by ASCENT for review only All copying and reuse strictly forbidden.

• Cover Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• In this Guide
• Chapter 1
• 1.1 Fundamentals
• 1.2 Design Intent
• 1.3 User Interface
• 1.4 Working With Models
• 1.5 Online Documentation
• Practice 1a Viewing a Part
• Chapter Review Questions