Picking up where I left off; quotes in this post are from the document.
Page 7:
Now I have to select and delete constraint 9. You can start to see the disadvantages of having Auto Constraints
turned on.
Consider explaining why applying the Symmetry Constraint made the Horizontal Constraint become Redundant.
You might want to note that if "Auto Remove Redundants" had been ticked to True, that Horizontal Constraint would have silently been deleted when the Symmetry Constraint was applied.
Select the three LHS lines as shown.
People who use English as a second language may not know that the abbreviation LHS stands for. In a tutorial I'd try not to use abbreviations, especially if you think the tutorial might get translated into other languages.
Do the same on the RHS.
Consider spelling out "RHS".
While a sketch should always be fully constrained unless you are just trying things out, it does not have to be
fully constrained to close it.
Maybe something like: "While a sketch should always be fully constrained unless you are just trying things out,
it a Sketch does not have to be fully constrained to
close it exit the Sketch.
You can always open it again
You can always open it
for editing again
Select the two bottom outside short lines and make them equal with the Equality [image] Constraint.
Do the same with the upper two outside lines.
The formatting is weird there, cut-and-pasting that text gives something like this, without the bullet point:
- Select the two bottom outside short lines and make them equal with the Equality [image]
Do the same with the upper two outside lines.
Constraint.
Consider Anchor the image "As Character".
Add dimension constraints
Add "Horizontal distance constraint" or "Horizontal length constraint" (not dimension) constraints.
Page 8
2nd paragraph:
If you move the cursor the dimension will turn yellow.
If you
move hover the cursor
over the
dimension constraint, it will turn yellow
indicating that it is pre-selected
If you need to change a dimension
If you need to change a
dimension constraint
Throughout the document, when referring to a "constraint", don't refer to it as a "dimension"
4th paragraph:
Use the Fix angle between two lines tool
I'd call it the "angluar constraint".
6th paragraph:
Now we add vertical dimensions.
Because the heights are referenced to the bottom of the sketch which is on the X-axis, you can select either the
X-axis or the dot where the two axes cross along with the vertex on one end of the line to add the dimension.
We can use Horozontal Distance and Vertical Distance Constraints to constrain to the origin without actually selecting the origin. Just select a point and click on either of these Constraint tools.
To be continued at Page 9.