Constrain Automatically

This command automatically creates constraints on FreeShape faces.

This command is only available in FreeShape edit mode. To do this, use the "Edit" command in the shape's popup menu to switch to resolution edit mode.

To finish editing in FreeShape, click the button at the top of the graphic area.

Creation Stages / Use:

Click the icon or select the FreeShape > Constrain Automatically ... option from the drop-down menu.

Check the types of constraints that you wish to use.
Validate.

Only non-constrained faces (magenta) are managed with this command. Therefore, all fixed (gray), fully constrained (blues), and unconstrainable (yellow) faces cannot accept new constraints.

Available Options:

Automatic axes:

This option automatically creates axes on the cylindrical surfaces and creates diameter dimensions and coaxiality constraints between the axes and the cylindrical surfaces.

Automatic orientations:

This option automatically creates orientation constraints on the planar faces of the shape with respect to the support plane and its orthonormal planes.

You can specify the angular tolerance to use to determine whether a face is coplanar.

Automatic tangency:

This option automatically creates tangency constraints between the planar, cylindrical, and conical faces.

Angular tolerance:

This value allows to define in which tolerance, the constraint should be applied. If the tolerance is set to 0.1° and if the angle between two faces is 0.05°, these two faces will become coplanar.