Creating Oriented Rectangles

You can create a rectangle in the direction of your choice by defining three extremity points of the rectangle. To create the oriented rectangles you can use the Oriented Rectangle command.

Before you begin:

This scenario assumes that Dimensional Constraints and Geometrical Constraints are on.

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Creating Rectangles

  1. Click Oriented Rectangle in the Profile toolbar (Predefined Profile sub-toolbar).

    The Sketch tools toolbar now displays values for defining the first side of the oriented rectangle (both points) and then either one point on the second side or directly the oriented rectangle height.

  2. Type in the Sketch tools toolbar for the first corner: H=20mm, V=20mm and press Enter.



  3. Type in for the second corner: W=20mm, A=25deg and press Enter.



  4. Type in the Sketch tools toolbar for the third corner: Height=-22mm and press Enter.

    The oriented rectangle as well as its corresponding constraints are created.

    Note: In this task, we used the Sketch tools toolbar but you can create this oriented rectangle manually. To do this, move the cursor to activate SmartPick and click as soon as you get what you want.