Sketcher Preferences
The preferences of the Sketcher is located in the Edit menu → Preferences → Sketcher. It consists of 2 tabs:
General Settings
In the General tab you can specify the following:
| Name | Description |
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| Font size | The font size used for the labels and constraints in the sketch. |
| Grid line pattern | The line pattern used for grid lines. Grid lines will be displayed if you set the option Show grid. |
| Segments per geometry | Curves are approximated by polygon segments for visualization. The segments per geometry define the number of polygons for the approximation. The lower limit are 50 segments. Higher values refine the visualization but can lead to longer calculation times, especially for B-splines. |
| Ask for value after creating a dimensional constraint | If checked, a dialog will pop up to input a value for new dimensional constraints. |
| Geometry Creation "Continue Mode" | If checked, the current sketcher creation tool will remain active after the creation. If you use for example the line tool  , it will remain active after you created a line with it. You can leave the tool any time by right-clicking into the sketch.
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| Constraint Creation "Continue Mode" | If checked, the current constraint creation tool will remain active after the creation. If you use for example the tangent tool  , it will remain active after you created a constraint. You can leave the tool any time by right-clicking into the sketch.
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| Hide base length units for supported unit systems | If checked, base length units will not be displayed in the sketch constraints. The actual base length unit is the one of the selected unit system. |
| Notify automatic constraint substitutions | If checked, you will be informed with a dialog about constraint substitutions. For example if the endpoints of two arcs are connected with the coincident constraint and you reconnect the arcs using the tangent constraint, the coincidence constraint will be substituted by the tangent constraint and you will get a popup dialog to telling you this. |
| Show Advanced Solver Control in the Task bar | If checked, the sketcher dialog will have the additional section Advanced solver control to adjust solver settings. |
Colors
In the Colors tab you can specify the following:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Default edge color | ?? |
