Perpendicular constraint

Perpendicular constraint fixes two lines at 90 degrees to one another. For a line and a circle/arc the perpendicular constraint fixes the center of circle/arc to be on a line.

To create a Perpendicular constraint in the active Sketch:

1. select in the Main Menu Sketch - > Perpendicular item or

2. click Perpendicular button in Sketch toolbar:

Property panel:

Input fields:

• First object is the first line, circle or arc selected in the view.

• Second object is the second line, circle or arc selected in the view.

After the objects are selected, a special sign will be added to each of them in the view.

If one of selected objects is circular, then another has to be a straight line.

TUI Command:

Sketch_1.setPerpendicular(Line1, Line2)

Parameters

• object – Line 1.

• object – Line 2.

Returns

Result object.

Result

Created Perpendicular constraint appears in the view.

Created perpendicular constraint

See Also a sample TUI Script of Create Perpendicular constraint operation.