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Control the Display of Constraint Bars
Geometric constraints and constraint bars can be displayed or hidden, either
individually or globally. You can do any of the following:
Display or hide all geometric constraints
Display or hide specified types of geometric constraints
Display or hide all geometric constraints associated with a selected object
Temporarily display the geometric constraints of the selected object
Use the Constraint Settings dialog box to control the types of geometric
constraints that are displayed or hidden on constraint bars.
You can set the constraint bars to automatically and temporarily display when
the constrained geometry is selected. When the geometry is no longer selected,
the temporarily displayed constraint bars are hidden.
Hiding geometric constraints is useful when you analyze a design and want
to filter the display of geometric constraints. For example, you can choose to
display the icons for Parallel constraints only. Next, you might choose to
display the icons for Perpendicular constraints only.
NOTE To reduce clutter, Coincident constraints display by default as small,
light-blue squares. You can use an option in the Constraint Settings dialog box to
turn them off if necessary.
To display or hide a geometric constraint
1 Click Parametric tab Geometric panel Show/Hide.
2 Select the constrained objects.
3 Press Enter.
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