Vertical distance constraint

Vertical Distance constraint fixes the distance between two points along the vertical axis.

The constraint can be defined between two points such as point object, line or arc end point, center of circle or arc.

To create a Vertical Distance constraint in the active Sketch:

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

2. click Vertical Distance button in Sketch toolbar:

Property panel:

Input fields:

• First point is the first point selected in the view;

• Second point is the second point selected in the view:

• Value is a distance between the objects, can be modified to set the desirable value;

• Text location is a position of the distance value label relating to extension line (in the view):

  Left inserts text to the left of the distance extension line:

  Automatic inserts text in the middle of the distance extension line if it has enough length, otherwise - to the left

  Right inserts text to the right of the distance extension line.

When both objects are selected, the vertical distance value is displayed in the property panel and in the view.

When creating the constraint, after selection of two objects for the first time:

• drag the Vertical distance presentation in the view to the desired position and click once;

• set desirable vertical distance value in the input field in the view and press Enter or just press Enter to keep the current distance.

Vertical Distance input in the view

TUI Command:

Sketch_1.setVerticalDistance(FirstObject, SecondObject, Value)

Parameters

• object – First object.

• object – Second object.

• real – Value.

Returns

Result object.

Result

Created Vertical Distance appears in the view.

Vertical Distance created

See Also a sample TUI Script of Create Vertical Distance constraint operation.