Editing Constraints

In the following paragraphs, you will learn how to edit but also cut and paste, copy and paste and even delete constraints.

Concerning angle and offset constraints, you can copy or cut then paste their values.

To edit a constraint:

1. Click the constraint of interest.

You can select the constraint in the specification tree or in the geometry.

2. Double-click the constraint to be edited to display the related dialog box: in which you can modify its properties:

Tips

Note that selecting a component's name displays the component's path as a tooltip in a small box.

Two contextual commands improving display are available in the Supporting Elements field:

- "Reframe on" views the constraint of the selected component at the center of the CATIA window

- "Center Graph" zooms in the selected component in the specification tree.

	To cut a constraint: 1. Click the constraint of interest. You can select the constraint in the specification tree or in the geometry.
	2. Then click the Cut icon .
	This command is also available from the Edit menu or contextual menu.
	The constraint is cut. You can now paste it.
	3. Click the Paste icon
	The constraint is pasted.

	To copy and paste a constraint:: 1. Click a constraint. You can select the constraint in the specification tree or in the geometry.
	2. Then click the Copy icon .
	This command is also available from the Edit menu or contextual menu.
	3. Click the Paste icon
	The constraint is copied.

	To delete a constraint: 1. Right-click the constraint to be deleted.
	You can select the constraint in the specification tree or in the geometry.
	2. Then select Delete from the contextual menu.
	This command is also available from the Edit menu. Pressing the Delete key deletes the constraint too.
	The constraint is deleted.