OpenSite Designer CONNECT Edition

Constraints

2D

Dimensional

3D

Note: Select a link to "jump" to the desired Constraints tab group.

Constraints tab

2D

2D group

Setting	Description
Auto Constrain	Identifies the existing constraints and relationships implied by the construction of the geometry, and highlights them.
Parallel	Used to apply parallel constraint between two linear segments or ellipses.
Perpendicular	Used to apply perpendicular constraint between two linear segments or entities.
Coincident	Used to constrain linear or circular segments or vertices in such a way that they pass through a single point.
Tangent	Used to constrain curves to be tangent to other curves or linear segments.
Fixed	Fixes the end points and direction of a linear segment or the center point of a circular element to its current position in the plane.
Concentric	Used to constrain arcs, circles, ellipses, or vertices to have the same center point.
Equal	Used to constrain the length of linear segments or entities and radii of circular segments or entities to resize to the same measurement.
Show DOF	Used to display the number of linear and rotary movements, a profile element is free to take, along x, y or z axis.
Remove All	Used to remove all geometric and dimensional constraints from a selected element.

Dimensional

Dimensional group

Setting	Description
By Element	Used to add a dimension to a profile element.
Distance	Used to constrain the distance between two profile elements or between the two end points of a profile to a set value.
Angle	Used to constrain the angle between two segments to a fixed value.
Equal Distance	Used to make the perpendicular distance between three or more co-planar profile segments equal.
Area	Used to constrain the area of a geometry.
Parameter	Used to constrain the perimeter of a geometry.
Variables	Used to create and manage variables and variations for the active model.

3D

3D group

Setting	Description
Parallel	Used to apply parallel constraint between the edges or faces of two 3D elements.
Perpendicular	Used to apply perpendicular constraint between the edges or faces of two 3D elements.
Coincident	Used to constrain the faces, edges or vertices of 3D elements to be coincident.
Tangent	Used to constrain a circular 3D element to be tangent to other circular or rectangular 3D elements.
Fixed	Used to fix the linear and rotary movement of a 3D element.
Concentric	Used to constrain the faces, edges, or vertices of two 3D elements to be concentric.
3D Dimension	Used to constrain the distance between the vertices, edges, or faces of one 3D element to another 3D element's vertices, edges, or faces.
Manipulate 3D Constraint	Used to modify the constrained vertices, edges, or faces of a 3D element.
3D Angle	Used to apply angular constraint between two 3D elements.