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Centre Point Rectangles linked with no constraint

jordanJ246P — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:10:04 GMT

Hey There,

I have this problem fairly often when I sketch. Inventor will automatically constraint, in this case the width of the two rectangles in the attached image. However I cant actually see a constraint to delete. I typically avoid this by drawing one significantly larger than the other so it doesn't align the edges.

I know I can turn off auto-constraint, but once this has been applied like in the attached example how do I break this relationship without deleting the whole rectangle and re-sketching?

Thanks!

Re: Centre Point Rectangles linked with no constraint

pcrawley — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:55:04 GMT

It's inferring a constraint between the second pick (2) of your second rectangle, and the line (geometry) under which you saw the inferred constraint faint line appear.

To break the constraint, you delete the Coincident constraint linking the second point of your second rectangle and the line above it.

Re: Centre Point Rectangles linked with no constraint

jordanJ246P — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 01:09:38 GMT

Thanks for the reply! I have recreated what you're showing in the image and that makes sense! However, Why doesn't show all constraints show all constraints? The constraints on the corner point are missing 🤔

Re: Centre Point Rectangles linked with no constraint

pcrawley — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 01:37:18 GMT

"Show All Constraints" doesn't show coincident constraints.

Coincident constraints live under this rock:

If it showed them all, your geometry would vanish under a sea of glyph's.

Re: Centre Point Rectangles linked with no constraint

jordanJ246P — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 01:39:46 GMT

Thanks, appreciate your help!