After looking for how to connect 2 ribs on two different pieces. Now I'm looking for how to link 2 ribs on the same sketch.
I have 2 ribs, C1 and C2. I would like these two sides to be identical, but I don't know the value, I would like the software to look for the solution itself to balance these 2 sides.
He's able to find the solution, because if I draw 2 construction lines, and I give an equality sketch relationship between these two lines, it automatically adjusts them so that they are the same length. But it's not practical. Is it possible to do the same thing with quotations? Like what:
I say that C1 is a piloted coast, and I say that C2 is equal to C1.
And the software takes care of itself to find the solution.
I attached a Word file to explain in pictures what I want to do.
You dimension your two construction lines and then you double click on one of the two sides then you delete the numbers and you do = then click on the other side and there they will be linked. Well, if I understood correctly what you want.
You can also right-click on the coast and "link values" you give it a name the same thing on the 2nd coast "link values" and you will look for the name you gave previously.
The advantage compared to the solution of @ac cobra 427is that you can click and modify on the 2 sides the other unlike the = or you can only modify the dimension without the = and the 2nd one follows.
Good evening. Thank you for your answers, but no solution works. When I create the first rib, it's OK. But then if I create the second hill, it automatically puts it on a piloted hill. And I can't change anything on this coast.
If I try to link values, it's the same thing.
I managed to get away with not using the dimensions, creating construction lines in the sketch instead of the dimensions. Then I add the equal relationship to the two lines of construction. And they automatically adjust to the right value.
I try to search, but it seems impossible from the cotations.
Hello The solutions proposed are fair in relation to your explanations. I think you are confusing "Driving Dimension" (resulting from a construction) and "Driving Dimension" (value that you can modify). In SOLIDWORKS, a driven dimension cannot be changed by yourself. In your example, if you want your 4 circles to always be located at the 4 corners of a square, you must indeed put an equality relationship on the 2 construction lines (plus a coincidence relationship between the midpoints) and on the 4 circles , then you dimension one of the centers between 2 holes. Then, if you want dimensions to appear between the other circles, you just have to dimension them (in this case the dimensions will necessarily be controlled (not modifiable). You will only have to modify this rating and all the others will be updated. This will prevent you from putting ties or ties on your odds. At least, that's what I understood about your problem. If not, please give more explanations. Kind regards