Stu3d
Senior Member
I appreciate there are 2 ways to make a line horizontal or vertical.
1. Move the cursor close enough to horizontal or vertical for an automatic constraint to apply, this can be a bit fiddly. I tried increasing the Snap Threshold to it's maximum of 5mm but that didn't help.
2. Apply a horizontal or vertical constraint after drawing the line, this is an extra step.
Both methods slow me down.
In the 2d cad software I use I can toggle orthogonal on or off by typing the 2 letter command OR (bound to a function key) and this forces the line I am drawing to be horizontal/vertical or free roaming.
I can temprarily change the toggle by holding down the CTRL key which is very useful.
In Alibre is there a way to temporarily force a sketch line to be orthogonal or some other tip I am unaware of to speed things up a bit?
An excellent solution would be a setting to adjust the automatic horizontal/vertical constraint sensitivity, similar to the Snap Threshold setting in Settings > Parts/Assemblies > Sketching.
1. Move the cursor close enough to horizontal or vertical for an automatic constraint to apply, this can be a bit fiddly. I tried increasing the Snap Threshold to it's maximum of 5mm but that didn't help.
2. Apply a horizontal or vertical constraint after drawing the line, this is an extra step.
Both methods slow me down.
In the 2d cad software I use I can toggle orthogonal on or off by typing the 2 letter command OR (bound to a function key) and this forces the line I am drawing to be horizontal/vertical or free roaming.
I can temprarily change the toggle by holding down the CTRL key which is very useful.
In Alibre is there a way to temporarily force a sketch line to be orthogonal or some other tip I am unaware of to speed things up a bit?
An excellent solution would be a setting to adjust the automatic horizontal/vertical constraint sensitivity, similar to the Snap Threshold setting in Settings > Parts/Assemblies > Sketching.