Sketcher Dialog

Introduction
If you are in a sketch, the sketcher dialog is shown in the Combo view panel in the tab Tasks (task bar). To jump into a sketch, select it in the model tree an either double-click on it or right-click on it and then select Edit sketch in the context menu. Another possibility is to click on the toolbar icon (Edit sketch).

The dialog consists of the following sections:

Solver messages
This section informs you about the state of the sketch, if it is under- or over-constrained and how many degrees of freedom the sketch has. By clicking on the the degrees of freedom the under-constrained sketch elements will be highlighted with dark green color.

There are two solver messages options:

Advanced solver control
This dialog section will only appear if you set the option Show Advanced Solver Control in the Task bar in the sketcher preferences.

You can specify the following:

Note: Most of the solver parameters are of no practical use. They can however help testing and understanding the solvers.

Edit controls
The edit controls are intended to improve the workflow. They can also globally set for all sketches via the sketcher preferences.

You can set the following controls: