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Editing Angles
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Editing Angles

Editing Angles

(OP)
I have SW 2000 and I am just starting to learn SW, I have been using AutoCAD 2000I, so all this is very new.

My question is if I sketch a line @ 310 deg and I wanted it to be 320, if I try to edit that, the sketch goes crazy?

RE: Editing Angles

Have you gone through the SolidWorks tutorial? If not then I would suggest you do so. This would make life a lot easy for you in the long run and the time spent is well worth it.

Bradley

RE: Editing Angles

If you change an angle dimension and the sketch goes crazy, it is probably because of a lack of constraints in your sketch.  This would be true for any parametric sketcher (SW, Pro/E, UG, etc.).  If you are an AutoCAD refugee, you may not be used to sketch solving.

Pay attention to the colors in your sketch, as the colors tell the constraint state (default: blue = underconstrained, black = constrained, red = overconstrained).  It helps to make endpoints and centerpoints visible.  See options under "Tools --> Options --> System Options --> Sketch", and check "Display arc centerpoints" and "Display entity points".

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RE: Editing Angles

Also...

Brown - Invailid Geometry - This geometry would be geometrically invalid if the sketch were solved.

Pink - Not solved - The sketch geometry cannot determine the position of one or more sketch entities.

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