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22 CHAPTER 1 IntroduCIng SolIdWorkS

Choosing Sketch Relations
The sketch relation symbols are the most helpful tools for visualizing design intent. You can
show or hide icons that represent the relations by choosing View Sketch Relations from the
Heads-Up View toolbar (or through the menus at View ➢ Hide/Show ➢ Sketch Relations). When
shown, these relations appear as an icon in a small colored box in the graphics area next to the
sketch entity. Clicking the icon highlights the sketch elements involved in that relation. Refer to
Figure 1.15 for examples of these relations.

Figure 1.15
turn on or turn off the
display of sketch
relations.

TIP the View Sketch relations option is an excellent candidate for use with a hotkey, thereby ena-
bling you to easily toggle it on and off. for more information on creating and managing hotkeys, see
Chapter 2.
You can use the sketch relation icons on the screen to delete relations by selecting the icon in
the graphics area and pressing Delete on the keyboard. You also can use them to quickly deter-
mine the status of sketch relations by referring to the colors defined earlier.

Selecting Display/Delete Relations
The Display/Delete Relations tool enables you to list, sort, delete, and repair sketch relations.
You can find the Display/Delete Relations tool on the Sketch toolbar. The sketch status colors
defined earlier also apply here, with the relations appearing in the appropriate color. (Relations
are not shown in blue or black, only the colors that show errors, such as red, yellow, and brown.)
This tool also enables you to group relations by several categories:
◆ All In This Sketch
◆ Dangling