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Still no improvements to dimension references?
EDITED to remove the word "Driven"
Is it still the case that you can not set two dimensions equal or mathematically related to each other within the same sketch?
How can this not be resolved after years of improvement request? It gets pretty tiresome to keep making triangles every time you want two driven angles to be equal, or two lines to be proportional.
And no, Variables do not solve this, it's something that needs to be done within a single sketch, without leaving the sketch.
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Re: "Is it still the case that you can not set two driven dimensions equal to each other" - I can't imagine this would or could ever be possible?
If you set two driven dimensions equal to each other, then by virtue of the "=" operation, you're effectively making one of them a driven dimension?
By definition, the "=" operation can only happen between a driving dimension (on the right of the "=") and a driven dimension (on the left of the "=")
It appears only logical: Driven Dimensions are driven. When set equal, one driving dimension can drive a driven one. Where is the problem with triangles, then? If the triangle has two equal driven lengths (or angles), they are most probably both driven by a third one, which would then be a driving dimension.
I can't imagine the case that would require two driven dimensions to be set equal.
@martin_kopplow it happens a LOT when we are analyzing and planning multi-joint robot movement in 2D sketches. there are many, many lines cluttering the sketch simply to make groups of lines move as one in different positions.
regardless, setting two or more dimensions (length or angle) equal or related to eachother is common in most modern CAD and has been a request for maybe a decade now
It already works like this for line lengths. The equal constraint which works even if neither line has a dimension to drive the length.
I just want this for angles, and to be able to use math between two lengths.
You can create new variables without leaving the sketch, and you can change their values without leaving the sketch. While I agree it would be nice to just set two dimensions equal as it would be a lot fewer clicks, you can do a lot without leaving the sketch.