Questions ! ?

[barryhc]

Questions ! ?

I'll start with one.

> > > Why is it that Alibre can "over-constrain" a sketch "many times over", and when "WE" delete one of these "over-constraints", DOF remains at "ZERO", but if we try to reapply the same constaint we just deleted, Alibre "complains" that "WE" are "overconstraining" the sketch ?

> Barry :roll:

 

[swertel]

When does Alibre over-constrain your sketch? When it creates implied constraints during sketching or elsewhere?

 

[barryhc]

It seems to be when Alibre is applying what "they" prefer to describe as "inferred constraints", and then further, when the user applies "explicit constraints", especially in the case of "dimensions".

In any case, with inferred constraints, and user specified explicit constraints in the form of dimensions, ALIBRE "maintains constraints" that are not reported by alibre as a conflict, but which after deleting, cannot be reapplied, as Alibre will report them to be "over-constrainment".

> Barry

Edit here, yes, I should explain that this is during 2D sketch mode, but remains after reopening the saved file.