Autoconstrain Tool Guides and Options

Autoconstrain Tool Guides

The following tool guides help step you through the process. Use the Tab key to cycle through them. As soon as the tool guide switches, the cursor may change to reflect the active guide.
Select Problem The Select Problem tool guide is active by default. This tool guide allows you to select sketch entities that are automatically found by the tool.
Select Geometry The Select Geometry tool guide allows you to select entities that were not automatically found. Hold Ctrl to select multiple entities or box select in the design area.
Exclude Problem The Exclude Problem tool guide allows you to exclude entities from selection.
Complete The Complete tool guide adds constraints for the highlighted sketch entities.

Autoconstrain Tool Options

The following options are available:
Curve Options
  • Allow Points
  • Allow Axes
Select to allow points and/or axes to be considered for creating constraints.
Constraint Options Select the constraints to be automatically set up.
  • Coincident
  • Tangent
  • Parallel
  • Perpendicular
  • Equal radius
  • Concentric