Con

stra

int M

anag

emen

t T

he S

ketc

h C

onst

rain

ts to

olba

r is

enh

ance

d to

sup

port

dy

nam

ic c

reat

ion

of c

onst

rain

ts.

Dim

ensi

ons

Cre

ate

Con

stra

ints

Aut

omat

ic C

onst

rain

t Cre

atio

n

Sho

w A

ll C

onst

rain

ts

Sho

w N

o C

onst

rain

ts

Sho

w/R

emov

e C

onst

rain

ts

Ani

mat

e D

imen

sion

s

Con

vert

To/

Fro

m R

efer

ence

Alt

erna

te S

olut

ion

In

fer

Con

stra

int S

etti

ngs

Cho

ose

the

Cre

ate

Con

stra

ints

tool

bar

icon

and

sel

ect

the

geom

etry

to c

onst

rain

. U

se M

B3

over

the

geom

etry

an

d ch

oose

the

cons

trai

nt f

rom

the

popu

p or

cho

ose

the

cons

trai

nt f

rom

the

opti

ons

on th

e gr

aphi

cs s

cree

n. U

se

CT

RL

+M

B1

to p

ersi

sten

tly

sele

ct g

eom

etry

to c

onst

rain

in

mul

tipl

e w

ays.

Sket

cher

Glo

bal F

unct

ions

In th

e S

ketc

her

glob

al e

nvir

onm

ent,

you

can

easi

ly d

rag

curv

es a

nd d

imen

sion

s, e

dit d

imen

sion

val

ues,

and

de

lete

ske

tch

obje

cts.

To

mov

e an

ent

ire

sket

ch c

urve

, sel

ect i

t nea

r it

s ce

nter

th

en d

rag

it u

sing

MB

1. T

o m

ove

the

endp

oint

of

a cu

rve,

pre

ss M

B1

and

drag

the

curv

e’s

end

to a

new

lo

catio

n. Y

ou c

an m

ove

mul

tipl

e en

titie

s w

ith

rect

angu

lar

sele

ct o

r by

sel

ecti

ng th

em in

divi

dual

ly.

To

mov

e a

dim

ensi

on o

rigi

n, s

elec

t the

dim

ensi

on a

nd

then

dra

g it

to it

s ne

w lo

catio

n. T

o ea

sily

edi

t a

dim

ensi

on v

alue

or

nam

e, d

oubl

e cl

ick

the

dim

ensi

on to

di

spla

y th

e di

men

sion

inpu

t fie

ld a

s ill

ustr

ated

bel

ow:

You

can

del

ete

sket

ch c

urve

s by

sel

ecti

ng w

hen

no

func

tion

is a

ctiv

e, th

en e

ithe

r us

e M

B3-

Del

ete

or c

hoos

e th

e D

elet

e to

olba

r ite

m.

Con

stra

ints

can

be

dele

ted

mor

e ea

sily

by

usin

g th

e ne

w S

ketc

her

Sele

ctio

n to

olba

r’s

cons

trai

nt o

ptio

n.

eral ects

tch ects

lect ints

lect ents

ilter

Deselect All All

prov

ides

you

fee

dbac

k c

onst

rain

ed

n co

lor.

X

stem

s 20

02

T

he n

ew N

X S

ketc

h T

ask

Env

iron

men

t pre

sent

s:

• Si

mpl

ifie

d m

enus

and

tool

bars

•

Fas

t and

eas

y sk

etch

pla

ne d

esig

nati

on

• D

ynam

ic a

nd d

ialo

g-le

ss g

raph

ic in

tera

ctio

n •

Con

stra

ints

infe

rred

for

you

dur

ing

curv

e cr

eatio

n an

d ed

iting

•

On

scre

en c

onst

rain

t fee

dbac

k •

Pow

erfu

l pro

fili

ng th

at s

uppo

rts

stri

ngs

of li

nes

and

arcs

by

posi

tions

or

rela

tive

mea

sure

men

ts

• Q

uick

cur

ve tr

im a

nd e

xten

d ca

pabi

litie

s T

he S

ketc

her

tool

bar

cont

rols

you

r ta

sk e

nvir

onm

ent:

Finish Sketch

Sketch Name

Orient View to Sketch

Orient View to Model

Reattach

Create Positioning Dimensions

Delay Evaluation

Evaluate

Update Model

To

edit

a s

ketc

h, u

se o

ne o

f th

e fo

llow

ing:

•

Dou

ble

clic

k a

sket

ch

• D

oubl

e cl

ick

a sk

etch

fea

ture

in th

e M

odel

N

avig

ator

•

Sele

ct a

ske

tch,

then

MB

3 E

dit

• Se

lect

a s

ketc

h an

d ch

oose

the

Sket

ch ic

on

• E

dit →

Ske

tch

T

o cr

eate

a n

ew s

ketc

h, u

se o

ne o

f th

e fo

llow

ing:

•

Inse

rt →

Ske

tch

• C

hoos

e th

e S

ketc

h ic

on

• S

elec

t a d

atum

or

face

then

MB

3 S

ketc

h to

sk

etch

on

that

pla

ne

Wel

com

e to

Uni

grap

hics

NX

Ske

tche

r

50.0

0

Type F

Use

the

Infe

r C

onst

rain

ts S

etti

ngs

dial

og to

con

trol

co

nstr

aint

cre

atio

n.

T

hese

con

stra

ints

are

alw

ays

show

n: c

oinc

iden

t, po

int

on c

urve

, mid

poin

t, ta

ngen

t and

con

cent

ric

cons

trai

nts.

D

ispl

ay o

f ot

her

cons

trai

nts

can

be c

ontr

olle

d by

the

Show

All

Con

stra

ints

icon

. Con

stra

ints

do

not d

ispl

ay if

th

e as

soci

ated

geo

met

ry is

ver

y sm

all.

To

see

all

cons

trai

nts,

turn

Pre

fere

nces

→ S

ketc

h →

Dyn

amic

C

onst

rain

t Dis

play

Off

. T

o tu

rn o

ff c

onst

rain

t dis

play

, ch

oose

Sho

w N

o C

onst

rain

ts.

5

Select GenObj

Select SkeObj

SeConstra

SeCompon

Pre

sele

ctin

g a

cons

trai

nt s

ymbo

l by

pre

high

ligh

ting

the

asso

ciat

edge

omet

ries

in a

mut

ed p

rese

lect

io

Uni

grap

hics

N©

Ele

ctro

nic

Dat

a S

y

6

Cre

atin

g a

Sket

ch

Ske

tch

crea

tion

has

bee

n en

hanc

ed a

nd is

als

o ea

sier

for

yo

u to

use

. If

you

hav

e no

t ent

ered

the

sket

cher

wit

h a

sket

ch, d

atum

, or

face

sel

ecte

d, a

def

ault

XC

-YC

ske

tch

plan

e is

cre

ated

and

pre

view

ed f

or y

ou.

You

can

cho

ose

to c

reat

e th

e sk

etch

on

the

defa

ult X

C-

YC

pla

ne b

y ch

oosi

ng a

cur

ve c

reat

ion

func

tion

, or

Dyn

amic

Cur

ve C

reat

ion

You

can

use

the

Ske

tch

Cur

ves

Too

lbar

to d

ynam

ical

ly

crea

te c

urve

s w

ith

infe

rred

con

stra

ints

dir

ectl

y in

the

grap

hics

win

dow

.

Dyn

amic

Cur

ve O

pera

tions

T

he n

ew F

illet

fun

ctio

n su

ppor

ts f

illet

cr

eati

on w

ith

a gr

aphi

c w

indo

w

inpu

t opt

ion

to tr

im o

r no

t to

trim

th

e in

puts

. O

bjec

ts to

fill

et c

an b

e sp

ecif

ied

by s

elec

ting

an

inte

rsec

tion

poin

t, or

two

sepa

rate

cur

ves,

or

by

cray

onin

g ov

er tw

o cu

rves

usi

ng M

B1

pres

s an

d dr

ag.

iew

s th

e fi

llet t

hat c

an b

e te

rnat

ivel

y, y

ou c

an k

ey in

the

nam

ic in

put f

ield

.

Qui

ck T

rim

fun

ctio

n to

per

form

tr

imm

ing

usin

g a

new

dyn

amic

es

s an

d dr

ag to

exp

edite

sel

ectio

n tr

im.

You

can

als

o se

lect

vi

dual

ly. N

ote

that

the

segm

ent t

o

rsec

ts a

cur

ve th

at w

as s

elec

ted

for

ntir

e cu

rve

is d

elet

ed.

Qui

ck E

xten

d fu

nctio

n to

eas

ily

g ge

omet

ry to

inte

rsec

tions

. pl

oys

the

new

dyn

amic

cra

yoni

ng

sel

ectio

n of

mul

tiple

obj

ects

to

and

dra

g.

elec

t a b

ound

ary

curv

e an

d ig

nore

ce

a s

peci

fic

curv

e to

be

used

as

the

trim

and

ext

end

func

tions

. ar

e in

ferr

ed b

y th

e tr

im a

nd e

xten

d

n L

ines

fun

ctio

n su

ppor

ts

par

alle

l to

nce,

of

a er

line

and

betw

een

two

line

s.

4

ev l y

sele

ctin

g a

face

or

datu

m p

lane

to s

ketc

h on

, or

choo

sing

fro

m th

e sk

etch

pla

ne o

ptio

ns:

SketchPlane

XC-YC Plane

YC-ZC Plane

XC-ZC Plane

Datum Plane

Datum CSYS

OK

Cancel

Cho

osin

g th

e Y

C-Z

C o

r X

C-Z

C o

ptio

n de

lete

s th

e da

tum

mad

e fo

r yo

u at

XC

-YC

and

cre

ates

them

on

the

new

pla

ne.

C

hoos

e th

e en

hanc

ed D

atum

Pla

ne f

unct

ion

or th

e D

atum

CSY

S f

unct

ion

to c

reat

e a

datu

m o

n th

e fl

y to

su

ppor

t you

r sk

etch

pla

ne d

efin

itio

n.

Dou

ble

clic

king

the

Ske

tch

X a

nd Y

axe

s fl

ips

the

sket

ch p

lane

ori

enta

tion

. Or,

you

can

sel

ect t

he X

or

Y

refe

renc

e ax

is a

nd th

en s

elec

t a li

ne, f

ace,

edg

e, o

r da

tum

axi

s to

set

the

refe

renc

e di

rect

ion.

Whe

n a

line

or

edge

is s

elec

ted,

the

refe

renc

e ax

is p

oint

s in

the

dire

ctio

n of

the

end

poin

t clo

sest

to th

e se

lect

ion

poin

t. T

he p

aral

lel m

arke

r in

dica

tes

the

dire

ctio

n de

fini

tion.

The

Ori

ent V

iew

to S

ketc

h an

d O

rien

t Vie

w

to M

odel

tool

bar

icon

s ca

n be

use

d to

qui

ckly

fl

ip b

etw

een

the

sket

ch a

nd m

odel

vie

ws.

2

Profile

Line

Arc

Circle

Construction Lines

Quick Trim

Quick Extend

Fillet

Rectangle

Spline

Point andAssociative Point

Ellipse and General Conic

T

he n

ew P

rofi

le f

unct

ion

can

be u

sed

to

crea

te a

str

ing

of li

nes

and

arcs

, or

sing

le

curv

es.

T

o br

eak

a st

ring

mid

-fun

ctio

n, u

se M

B2

whe

n no

co

nstr

aint

is s

how

n. W

hen

a co

nstr

aint

is s

how

n as

a

curs

or T

oolT

ip, M

B2

lock

s th

at c

onst

rain

t. T

o co

ntro

l the

arc

cha

ined

fro

m a

pre

viou

s cu

rve,

a

�sy

mbo

l is

disp

laye

d. P

assi

ng th

e cu

rsor

thro

ugh

any

quad

rant

of

the

mar

ker

and

then

aw

ay f

rom

the

mar

ker

allo

ws

you

to p

revi

ew d

iffe

rent

arc

s.

The

new

Lin

e an

d A

rc f

unct

ions

cre

ate

indi

vidu

al c

urve

s, a

lso

wit

h in

ferr

ed

cons

trai

nts.

D

urin

g P

rofi

le, L

ine,

Arc

or

Fille

t if

you

key

in a

sp

ecif

ic v

alue

into

the

on-s

cree

n in

put f

ield

whe

n th

e In

fer

Con

stra

ints

Set

ting

s di

alog

’s D

imen

sion

al

Con

stra

ints

togg

le is

on,

a d

imen

sion

will

be

crea

ted.

In

the

new

Ske

tche

r P

rofi

le f

unct

ion,

you

can

tran

sitio

n fr

om m

akin

g a

line

to a

n ar

c by

pre

ssin

g an

d dr

aggi

ng

usin

g M

B1.

Als

o, y

ou c

an d

oubl

e cl

ick

the

arc

optio

n to

mak

e a

seri

es o

f ch

aine

d ar

cs.

3

The

fill

et f

unct

ion

prdr

agge

d in

to p

lace

. A

fille

t rad

ius

into

the

d

U

se th

e ne

w

fast

and

eas

yin

tera

ctio

n.

MB

1 pr

of m

ultip

le c

urve

s to

ge

omet

ry to

trim

indi

trim

is p

revi

ewed

.

If n

o ot

her

obje

ct in

tequ

ick

trim

min

g, th

e e

U

se th

e ne

w

exte

nd e

xist

inQ

uick

Ext

end

also

em

capa

bilit

y to

exp

edite

exte

nd b

y M

B1

pres

s U

se C

TR

L+

MB

1 to

sot

her

geom

etry

to f

orth

e bo

unda

ry f

or b

oth

Not

e th

at c

onst

rain

ts

func

tions

. T

he n

ew C

onst

ruct

ioea

sy c

reat

ion

of a

line

anot

her

line

at a

dis

tali

ne th

at b

isec

ts a

noth

a lin

e th

at is

mid

way

X

Y