In LGS version 2.2 developers can choose whether a cycle of superfluous logical constraints should be marked as over-defined by setting a relevant solver option.This example demonstrates the assembly of simple piston. During the process of sketching user incrementally add assembling constraints, along with the vertical constraints to align piston vertically. Finally, a symmetry constraint is added to position a piston with respect to cylinder. Now, sketch has become overdefined: parallelism between cylinder and piston is implied twice. However, this redundancy is “logical”: overdefined part doesn’t contain dimensions that can lead to inconsistencies. The example demonstrates that a user has an ability not to be informed about such “non-dangerous” redundancies.
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