Deactivating or Activating Constraints

You can deactivate or activate a constraint in an engineering connection.

Before you begin: Open an existing product containing an engineering connection.
See Also
Engineering Connection Concepts
  1. Double-click an existing engineering connection in the tree.
  2. Right-click the constraint type icon and select Deactivate from the contextual menu.

    Important:
    • Constraint multi-selection is not possible.
    • The display of the engineering connection Type is based on active constraints only.

    The constraint is deactivated and the deactivated symbol is displayed on the icon .

  3. Click OK.
    Important:

    Deactivated constraints are not taken into account during the PLM update process.

  4. Double-click the previous engineering connection in the tree.
  5. Right-click the relation connection type icon and, from the contextual menu, select Activate.

    The constraint is activated and the activated symbol disappears from the icon .

  6. Click OK in the Engineering Connection Definition dialog box.
    Important:

    During engineering connection creation, while the Positioning Mode option is on , no engineering connection is created when clicking OK in the Engineering Connection Definition dialog box.

    The Positioning Mode option is not available during engineering connection edition.