The following section introduces the concept of Profile consistency, and how profiles can be classified based on their consistency.
The profile environment is the way to go if you need to work on a "dimension-driven" design task and a "well defined" profile is the starting point in a dimension-driven design scenario. Just as a strong foundation helps to build a strong building, a well defined profile will help in creating an error free 3D model.
The relationships that make a profile starting from its base entities (points, lines, circles, arcs, curves, splines and so on) are its constraints — both geometric and dimensional (see "Geometrical and dimensional constraints" for further details).
A well defined profile is a profile in which its geometric and dimensional constraints are consistent. According to the consistency of the constraints, you can have the following four kinds of profiles:
In the think3 application, you can check the consistency of a profile using the Check Profile command. See "Checking the Profile consistency" for further details on profile consistency.