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Sketcher Access to Content

User Interface

Action Bar

Sketch Section

Primary Area

Secondary Area

Analysis Section

View Section

Standard Area

Context Toolbars

The Tree

App Options Panel

Predefined Queries

Customizing Preferences

Offline Mode

Workflow

Using Sketcher Tools

Basic Concepts

About Tools for Sketching

About Colors

About Visualizing Elements

About Changing Sketch Supports

About Deactivating a Sketch

Performing Auto-Search on Profiles

Cutting the 3D Shape by the Sketch Plane

Defining a Visualization Mode for Sketcher Elements

Defining a Visualization Mode for Wireframe Elements

Converting Standard into Construction Elements

Hiding or Showing the Sketch Absolute Axis

Creating a Positioned Sketch

Changing a Sketch Support

Deactivating a Sketch

Sketching Simple Profiles

Simple Profiles Concepts

About Sketching Simple Profiles

About Creating Profiles

About Creating Circles

About Arcs

About Splines

About Connecting Curves with a Spline

About Creating Conic Curves

About Points

About Creating Equidistant Points

Creating Profiles

Creating Rectangles

Creating Circles

Creating Three Point Circles

Creating Circles Using Coordinates

Creating Tri-Tangent Circles

Creating Arcs

Creating Three Point Arcs

Creating Three Point Arcs Starting with Limits

Creating Splines

Connecting Curves

Creating Ellipses

Creating Parabolas by Focus

Creating Hyperbolas by Focus

Creating Conic Curves

Creating Lines

Creating Infinite Lines

Creating Bisecting Lines

Creating Lines Normal to a Curve

Creating Symmetrical Extensions

Creating Axes

Creating a Point

Creating Points Using Coordinates

Creating Equidistant Points

Creating Points Using Intersection

Creating Points Using Projection

Creating Bi-Tangent Lines

Sketching Pre-Defined Profiles

About Sketching Pre-Defined Profiles

Creating Oriented Rectangles

Creating Parallelograms

Creating Elongated Holes

Creating Cylindrical Elongated Holes

Creating Keyhole Profiles

Creating Polygons

Creating Centered Rectangles

Creating Centered Parallelograms

Creating Text

Performing Operations on Profiles

Operation Profile Concepts

About Creating Corners

About Chamfers

About Breaking Elements

About Duplicating 2D Elements Using Offset

About Creating Spline Offsets

About Copying/Pasting Elements

About Exploding Sketches

About Concatenating Curves

About Aligning Points

Aligning Points

Creating Corners

Creating Chamfers

Trimming Elements

Breaking and Trimming Elements

Closing Elements

Complementing an Arc (Circle or Ellipse)

Breaking Elements

Breaking/Trimming Use-Edges

Trimming Splines and Connecting Curves

Trimming Elements using Boolean Trim Operations

Setting Constraint on an Arc of a Use-edge

Trimming Multiple Elements

Creating Mirrored Elements

Moving Elements by Symmetry

Transforming Geometry

About Transforming Geometry

Translating Elements

Rotating Elements

Scaling Elements

Transforming using Robot

Duplicating 2D Elements Using Offset

Duplicating Multiple 2D Elements Using Offset

Creating Spline Offsets

Creating Profile Offsets

Copying and Pasting Elements

Creating a Tangent Arc

Projecting 3D Elements

Projecting 3D Elements Concepts

About Use-Edges

About Projecting 3D Elements onto the Sketch Plane

About Projecting 3D Silhouette Edges

About Projecting 3D Canonical Silhouette Edges

About Intersecting 3D Elements with the Sketch Plane

Projecting 3D Elements onto the Sketch Plane

Projecting 3D Silhouette Edges

Projecting 3D Canonical Silhouette Edges

Intersecting 3D Elements with the Sketch Plane

Isolating Projections and Intersections

Using a Semantic Edge

Offsetting 3D Elements

Working with Output Features

About Output Features

About Profile Features

Creating Output Features

Creating Profile Features

Creating a 3D Plane

Creating a 3D Axis

Creating Multiple Output Features

Editing Sketches

Sketch Editing Concepts

About Transforming Profiles

About Modifying Offsets

About Deleting Sketcher Elements

Modifying Element Coordinates

Transforming Profiles

Editing Conic Curves

Editing Connecting Curves

Editing a Spline

Editing Spline Offsets

Editing Parents/Children and Constraints

Editing Projection/Intersection Marks

Modifying Offsets

Replacing Geometry

Deleting Sketcher Elements

Upgrading Part and Sketch Features

Selecting a Ship Reference Plane as a Support

Setting Constraints

About Constraints

What are Constraints?

About Contact Constraints

About Dimensional/Geometrical Constraints

About Modifying Constraints

About Creating a Curvilinear Distance Constraint

About Auto-Constraining a Group of Elements

About Animating Constraints

About Editing Multi-Constraint

Creating Contact Constraints

What about Constraint Visualization?

Working with Dimensional/Geometrical Constraints

Defining Measure Directions

Modifying Constraints

Creating Constraints via a Dialog Box

Applying Same Constraints to a Set of Elements

Creating a Curvilinear Distance Constraint

Creating Constraints with the Background Elements

Modifying Constraints On/Between Elements

Auto-Constraining a Group of Elements

Editing Multi-Constraint

Animating Constraints

Working with Groups and Using a Catalog

About the Catalog Structure

About Grouping Elements Together

Grouping Sketch Elements Together

Creating a Catalog

Inserting Groups in an Existing Catalog

Instantiating Group Items

Analyzing and Resolving Over-Constrained or Inconsistent Sketches

About Analyzing and Resolving Over-Constrained Sketches

About Analyzing and Resolving Inconsistent Sketches

Parametric Curves

Analyzing the Sketch

About Analyzing Sketched Geometries

About Analyzing Use-edges

Performing a Quick Geometry Diagnosis

Analyzing Sketched Geometries

Analyzing Use-edges

Analyzing a Curve by Porcupine Analysis

Using SmartPick

What is SmartPick ?

SmartPicking

About Geometry Using SmartPick

About SmartPicking Background Elements

About Dragging Using SmartPick

Working on Support

Experiencing Motion Study of Mechanisms

About Motor

Quality Rules Management

Reference Information: Knowledge Packages

SketcherPackage (no NLS) Type: Sketch

SkmDrwPackage (no NLS) Types

SkmPackage (no NLS) Types

SkmUseEdgePackage (no NLS) Types

SkmDrwPackage (no NLS) Methods

Standard Types