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Why No Fixed Constraints? Ref on ôKirsten Standardsö

Why No Fixed Constraints? Ref on ôKirsten Standardsö

Why No Fixed Constraints? Ref on ôKirsten Standardsö

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Ref: *5 thread561-165718
I’ve often use one Fixed for the first Sketch, then I use Position dimensions.
What have I been doing wrong all these years?
Or why do you not use Fix Constraints?

RE: Why No Fixed Constraints? Ref on ôKirsten Standardsö

I no longer use fixed constraints to make it easier to relocate the part geometry.

RE: Why No Fixed Constraints? Ref on ôKirsten Standardsö

The best way (in my opinion) is to reference everything to datums. Or at least reference the controlling location to the X and Y datum then dimension the sketch object to its self. The datums that you dimension to are relative datums off of the primary fixed datums in the part that all datums should be referenced off of.

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