Sketch Analysis

The Sketch Analysis dialog box appears when you click Sketch Analysis from the Sketch section of the action bar.

This dialog box contains controls for:

This page discusses:

Geometry

General Status
Displays the global status of all the view geometries.
Detailed Information
Provides a detailed status/comment on each profile of the view.
Corrective Actions
Provides corrective actions for the analyzed element that you select and which is not correct. You will be able to:
  • Set in construction mode : turn this element into a construction element.
  • Close Opened profile : closes an opened profile.
  • Delete Geometry : erases a disturbing element.
  • Hide constraints : hides all constraints in the view.
  • Hide Construction Geometries : hides all construction geometries in the view and in the detailed information area of the Geometry tab.

Use-edges

Drafting documents do not contain any associative use-edges, so the Use-edges tab is unavailable in the Sketch Analysis dialog box.

Diagnostic

It gives information about every element of the geometry or constraint of a view.

The information on this tab displays a full diagnosis of the view geometry. It provides a global analysis of the view as a whole, and specifies whether individual geometrical elements in the view are under-constrained (under-defined), over-constrained (over-defined) or iso-constrained (well defined):

Solving Status
Provides a quick overall analysis of the view geometry.
Detailed Information
Provides a detailed information on each constraint and geometrical element of the view.
  • Name: Lists the name of the element under analysis (circle, point, line or parallelism, tangency, etc.)
  • Status: Lists the constraint status (Under-Constrained, Iso-Constrained, etc.)
  • Type: Lets you know what type of element it is (geometry, constraint)
  • Scale check: Defines the status of the element based on size and positioning according to the design range of the 3D area. The status can be any of the following:
    • Valid: inside limits: For geometric elements within size limits and with correct positioning
    • Invalid: exceeds limits: For geometric elements beyond the size limits of the design range. It is also applicable for elements which are positioned so far from the origin that they fall outside the footprint. If you exit Sketcher, without scaling down these elements within the size limits of the model, a warning message appears in 3D prompting the same.
    • Ignored: not applicable: for elements that do not appear in 3D such as construction elements, or constraints.
    • ???: for the elements whose status cannot be computed. This is an undesirable status.
Action
According to the analyzed element you select, you will be able to:

  • Hide constraints hide all constraints in the view and in the detailed information area
  • Hide Construction Geometries hide all construction geometries in the view and under the detailed information of the Diagnostic tab.
  • Delete geometry or constraint erase geometry