Sketch Line Properties (3D)
You can define the line properties in plane sketch and in the 3D sketch. When you change the line properties in the sketch, the properties of the corresponding line also change in the model. Changes made to the properties of model lines remain even if the model geometry is modified later.
- Select a line.
- Select the context-sensitive function Properties.
- Edit the line properties using the selections in the dialog box.
- You can also stretch the dialog box in the vertical direction in order to see all the geometric constraints in the list of constraints.
- Click OK.
In OpenGL shading, the edges of the faces are drawn using the same properties as before, even if the line properties were changed.
Dialog Box Options
- Style
- Sets a style for an element. The lines in a sketch will be drawn as shape lines.
- Layer, Line Width, Line Type, Scale, Color
- For some Vertex applications, it must be possible to define the line properties in a certain way.
- Copy
- Click the button to select a line in the sketch and have its properties copied to the line selected for editing.
- Fixed
- Defines line fixing in the sketch for the position it is in when the line properties are selected for editing. You can release a fixed line by leaving this check box empty. When geometric constraints are solved, the fixed line retains its position.
- Frozen
- Defines the spline as a frozen line, if the check box is selected. You cannot edit the form of a frozen spline.
- Constraints
- The geometric constraints defined in a sketch will be displayed as a list. Unsolved constraints are highlighted in red.
- Apply
- Click the button to refresh the changes you made in the dialog box in the sketch and to solve the geometric constraints.