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Add Coincident

Toolbar:

Right-side of the graphics-area

Menu:

Add menu > Geometry sub-menu> > Constraints sub-menu > Add Coincident

To add:

Click Add Coincident Constraint, then click:

•	two Lines (or: a Line and the X-axis or Y–axis)

- or -

•	a Point and a Line (or a Circle), (or a Point and the X-axis or Y–axis)

- or -

•	two Points

- or -

•	or a Point and a Motion-Point

To delete:

1.	Click a sketch-element that is 'coincident' with a different sketch-element...

The sketch-element and the constraint show in the Selection-Window.

- or -

1.	In the Geometry Tree, explore the 'Constraint Loops' to find the Coincident constraint

2.	Click the Coincident constraint.

The Coincident constraint is now in the Selection-Window.

2.	Right-click the Coincident constraint in the Selection-Window

3.	Click 'Delete' in the contextual-menu

Result:

If the two sketch-elements have a total of more than two degrees-of-freedom:

•	the two Lines (or a Line and the X or Y–axis) become co-linear

- or -

•	the Point becomes coincident with the 'ray' of the Line,

•	the Point becomes coincident with the circumference of the Circle

- or -

•	the two Points become coincident.

Note: If the two sketch-elements have a total of 1 degree-of-freedom, then the two sketch-elements cannot become 'coincident'.

In MechDesigner, you cannot, remove more than two degrees-of-freedom from a Point. For example, you cannot do these two steps:

STEP 1:

Add a Coincident Constraint between a Point and a Line (or axis) - this removes 1 degree-of-freedom from the Point.

STEP 2:

Add a Coincident Constraint between the same Point and another Point - this attempts to remove a further 2 degrees-of-freedom - it CANNOT!

Why:

•	A Coincident Constraint between a Point and a Line removes 1 DOF from the Point.

•	A Coincident Constraint between a Point and a Point removes 2 DOF from the Point.

Thus, delete the constraint between the Point and the Line (STEP 1), before you add the constraint between the two Points (STEP 2).

About Point Symbols

•	'+' : centre-Points - at the centre of Arcs and Circles

•	'O' : start-Point or end-Point - at the end of a Line and Arc

•	: centre-Point that is coincident with a start-Point or end-Point.

You may need to select the '+' or the 'O' with a command, and it is important to see the difference between the two Points and be able to select one Point or the other Point.

When a centre-Point is Merged with a start-Point or end-Point of a Line or Arc, the symbol is a '+'. You cannot select one or the other, because there is only one Point.

•	: Motion-Point - added to a sketch-element with Add Motion-Path FB.

•	: Motion-Point coincident with a start-Point or end-Point.

Coincident constraints in the Graphic-Area, Selection-Window and Geometry-Tree.

Before

After

Select:

In Selection-Window &

Geometry-Tree as...

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•	Two Lines:

•	Line and X or Y–axis

The Lines become co-linear

CoincidentLtoLn

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geometry-coin-ptol af1

•	Point and Line (or X & Y–axis)

a.	The Point lies on 'ray' of the Line.

CoincidentPtoLn

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b.	A Point in a sketch-element and Line

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c.	The X or Y–axis or Ray of the X or Y–axis.

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Geometry-coin-ptoc af

•	Point and Circle:

The Point is constrained to lie on the circumference of a Circle

CoincidentPtoCn

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geometry-coin-ptop af1

•	Point and Point:

The Points become coincident

CoincidentPtoPn

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