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CAE

Computer aided engineering software.

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over defined

Software; CAE

A sketch is over defined when dimensions or relations are either in conflict or redundant.

under defined

Software; CAE

A sketch is under defined when there are not enough dimensions and relations to prevent entities from moving or changing size.

seed

Software; CAE

A sketch or an entity (a feature, face, or body) that is the basis for a pattern. If you edit the seed, the other entities in the pattern are updated.

unabsorbed

Software; CAE

A sketch or annotation that is not contained in a feature in the FeatureManager design tree. An example of an unabsorbed sketch is a layout sketch in an assembly. See absorbed.

A sketch point at the intersection of two entities after the intersection itself has been removed by a feature such as a fillet or chamfer. Dimensions and relations to the virtual sharp are retained ...

fully defined

Software; CAE

A sketch where all lines and curves in the sketch, and their positions, are described by dimensions or relations, or both, and cannot be moved. Fully defined sketch entities are shown in black.