Hello,
I am making a parametrically driven sketch. The height is set arbitrarily and all most other measurements are derived from it. I am running into an issue when I want to set the distance from a parametrically controlled curve to a point on a rectangle whose width will depend on the shape of the curve.
Process: I defined my parameters for height, width, crosspoint, topCurve, bottomCurve, and sideCurve. I made a cross of two lines and created an arc using the four points of the cross. I dimensioned each element with its parameter. When I change the height dimension, everything works as expected. I then add a detail (rectangle) to the shape. and constrain its width, vertical position and corner coincident with the arc. I change the height parameter and again everything works as expected. Finally I put a point coincident to the arc and horizontal to the lower bound of the rectangle and dimension the rectangle's lower left corner to the point on the curve, and of course it breaks the drawing (drawing the sketch fails).
I understand this is happening because the point is fully constrained so you can't change the parameters? Is this expected behavior? I'm coming from onShape where the same situation would override the points constraints with the new location determined by the variables. If this is expected behavior, what would be the best way to set the distance of multiple rectangle features from a curve whose shape is being set parametrically?
Thanks. Pics below.
