![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I personally would rather draw something in two steps from a store of basic principles that I don't have to think about, than have to remember all the neat little (very interesting and I love to read about them) expert shortcuts.įor example, when I first saw this post, my immediate, intuitive, instinct was to constrain the sides symmetric with the axes, and I think this is what most people should remember. The symmetric constraint choosing center and sides is something you will use again and again. Expert shortcuts, though very interesting, clutter up the mind when concentrating on the design. Personally, I think the general user is best served by knowing how to solve a problem with the simplest, generally useful, approach. Since woodworking is a lot of rectangles, I am very thankful for the symmetric constraint and the time it saves when doing my constructions. I have seen a bit of the construction line across the rectangle in SolidWorks models, but then there was not a symmetric constrain available for their use. ![]() Just another option when working with the symmetric constraint and rectangles. Since the sides of a standard rectangle also have the vertical and horizontal constraint, this technique works quite well for them. Also, there is less confusion as to what symmetric constraint symbol goes with the horizontal symmetric constraint and which with the vertical. This single symbol is easier to delete when wanting it removed (for whatever reason). If you pick an axis, and then pick the corner points on a rectangle that are either side of your selected axis, you will get a symmetric constraint with only a single constraint symbol. If you use a symmetric constraint and pick an axis and then a line either side to create a constaint, you will get 3 symmetric constraint symbols. ![]()
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