Alibre Design

3.2 Selection Methods...............................................................383.3 Toolbars ............................................................................403.4 View Manipulation...............................................................413.5 Getting Help.......................................................................443.6 Keyboard Hot-Key Descriptions.............................................46Sketching ............................................................... 494.1 The Sketching Interface.......................................................504.2 Entering and Exiting Sketch Mode .........................................514.2.1 Entering Sketch Mode.................................................................514.2.2 Exiting Sketch Mode ...................................................................524.3 Sketch Figures ...................................................................534.3.1 Line .............................................................................................534.3.2 Circle...........................................................................................544.3.3 Circular Arcs................................................................................554.3.4 Rectangles ..................................................................................584.3.5 Spline Curves..............................................................................594.3.6 Ellipses........................................................................................634.3.7 Elliptical Arcs...............................................................................644.3.8 Polygons .....................................................................................654.3.9 Standard Sketch Shapes ............................................................664.4 Reference Figures and Sketch Nodes .....................................784.5 Working with Existing Sketch Figures.....................................794.5.1 Extending Figures ......................................................................794.5.2 Trimming Figures .......................................................................804.5.3 Adding Fillets to Sketch Figures..................................................804.5.4 Adding Chamfers to Sketch Figures............................................814.5.5 Offsetting Figures........................................................................824.5.6 Mirroring Figures .........................................................................834.5.7 Creating Sketch Figure Patterns .................................................844.5.8 Moving and Rotating Sketch Figures ..........................................864.6 Sketch Constraints..............................................................894.6.1 Constraint Types.........................................................................894.6.2 Manually Applying Sketch Constraints ........................................914.6.3 Deleting Constraints....................................................................924.6.4 Controlling the Display of Sketch Constraint Symbols ................934.6.5 Checking the Status of a Sketch .................................................934.7 Dimensioning Sketch Figures ................................................954.7.1 Dimensioning Sketch Figures......................................................964.7.2 Auto Dimensioning a Sketch .......................................................984.7.3 Using Spinner Controls .............................................................1004.7.4 Using Equations in Dimensions.................................................1014.7.5 Changing Sketch Figure Dimensions ........................................1054.7.6 Deleting Sketch Figure Dimensions ..........................................1054.7.7 Modifying Sketch Dimension Properties....................................105ii