Sketcher Dialog

Introduction
If you are in a sketch, the sketcher dialog is shown in the Combo view panel in the tab Tasks (task bar). To jump into a sketch, select it in the model tree an either double-click on it or right-click on it and then select Edit sketch in the context menu. Another possibility is to click on the toolbar icon (Edit sketch).

The dialog consists of the following sections:

Solver messages
This section informs you about the state of the sketch, if it is under- or over-constrained and how many degrees of freedom the sketch has. By clicking on the the degrees of freedom the under-constrained sketch elements will be highlighted with green color.

There are two solver messages options:

Advanced solver control
This dialog section will only appear if you check the option Show section 'Advanced solver control' in the sketcher preferences.

You can specify the following:

Note: Most of the solver parameters are of no practical use. They can however help testing and understanding the solvers.

Edit controls
This dialog section can be suppressed by unchecking the option Show section 'Edit controls' in the sketcher preferences.

The edit controls are intended to improve the workflow. They can also globally set for all sketches via the sketcher preferences.

You can set the following controls:

Constraints
This section lists the constraints in the sketch. Unchecking a constraint in the list will hide it in the sketch. Constraints can be selected in the list as well as in the sketch.

Available options:

Elements
This section lists the elements in the sketch.

Unchecking an element in the list will hide it in the sketch.

In sections the sketch elements are listed and can be highlighted. If you click in the list on an element it will be highlighted with green color. Every element in the list begins with a number. The number is the order of creation in the sketch. If you keep the key pressed you can select several elements at once. If you press the key you can switch to the next valid type. For example if you select a line in the list and press you can switch to its defining points.

Available options: