Parametric Constraints and 3D?

[ReMark]

I thought one of the reasons to utilize constraints was to limit the geometry so as to avoid unintended consequences (i.e. - precise control).

[khama]

have you guys explored point filters? They ROCK !! Faster more accurate and as precise as you make them. Point filters available are .x .y .z .xy .xz .yz double moves and you pick the point at which it moves to. Easy to use as well. start a command pick the point you want to move from enter .x (or whatever) during the command and pick the point you want it to go to and wellah done. It takes seconds..

[ReMark]

Yeah, been there, pointed that. No one is arguing that point filters don't have their uses just as constraints do. Use the right tool for the right job.

[khama]

OK whatever, keep using constraints and I will keep using point filters and I would be finished way before you. Productivity is king..

[ReMark]

Maybe you just don't understand when constraints are warranted. Fine by me.

Now if you said constraints in plain AutoCAD don't match up with those in Inventor then I'd have to agree wholeheartedly with you.

[khama]

i understand when they are required fully. Just useless junk and not needed.

[ReMark]

Your confidence in point filters is inspiring.

Maybe you could educate me then how you would accomplish a point-to-object coincident constraint using point filters instead. Take your time. I'll wait.

As Brian Benton of AUGI points out in his three part series on AutoCAD and Constraints...."It’s one thing to know that commands and features exist inside AutoCAD or any other program, but it’s a completely different thing to know how and when to use them. Knowing "why" doesn’t hurt, either."

[SLW210]

Productivity is king..

Wrong, Wrong, Wrong!!!

Accuracy and properly done drawings that are legible and easily interpreted and used by others is KING.

[JD Mather]

I have always found that those who do the best quality work are also generally the fastest (and nearly always the fastest if you consider re-work).
In my opinion (based on years of experience) true productivity follows quality.
Those who really know how to use the tools, when to use particular "power user" tools can be astonishingly fast.

[ReMark]

I once worked with a guy on the "board" who was astonishingly fast on the first go around until you saw all the mistakes he made. Unfortunately he mistook speed for quality. LoL