About Construction Elements

Construction/Standard Element lets you decide if an element should be a standard element or a construction element. As construction elements are not taken into account when creating features, by default, they do not appear outside the Sketcher.

Here is an example of the use of both types of elements. The hexagon was sketched using three construction circles:

This type of sketch simplifies the creation and the ways in which it is constrained. Setting a radius constraint on the second circle is enough to constrain the whole hexagon.



Notes:
  • To see construction elements outside Sketcher, select the Add construction geometries for the newly created sketch check box under Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > 3D Modeling Core > Sketcher > Sketch Plane. These elements appear as gray dashed lines and their graphic properties are not editable.
  • You can also display or hide the construction elements for an individual sketch. To do so, right-click the sketch feature in the tree and select Sketch.x object > Add construction geometries/Remove construction geometries.

 

See Also
About Tools for Sketching