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sketch relations

sketch relations

sketch relations

(OP)
During a sketch, it is second nature for me to click on a line and type alt-h to make it horizontal or alt-v to make it vertical or whatever.  Recently though, something has changed to where I cannot invoke the alt-h keyboard entry to add the horizontal relation during a sketch.  The same goes for symmetric and other relations.  But vertical works as usual and so do some others.  Instead of alt-h for horizontal, alt-shift-h works.  And I haven't assigned keyboard hotkeys to alt-h.  I'm perplexed.  Anyone know what's going on?

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RE: sketch relations

SWx must have changed them.  I just checked my hotkeys and their is nothing set for those constraints. surprise

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RE: sketch relations

In my install of SW07-SP3.1, if a line is highlighted in a sketch, the Alt-h or Alt-v adds the horiz or vert constraint. If it is not highlighted the Help file is activated.

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RE: sketch relations

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Yeah, on our other computer it works as expected.  I'm thinking maybe it's a windows setting that got changed and is affecting the way solidworks behaves toward this.

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