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Re-use a sketch

Question asked by Ken Johnson on Oct 25, 2007
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I would like to re-use a sketch in my model on a different plane.What is the easiest way to do this?

Kenneth Barrentine Oct 25, 2007 4:51 PM

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see "derived sketch" in help.

select sketch you want to copy.
hold ctrl key and select face or plane you want to copy to.
then from insert menu, derived sketch.

the neat thing about this is if you change the sketch you copied from, the copied sketch will also change.

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Steve Calvert Oct 25, 2007 4:34 PM
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Select the sketch and copy it.

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Tony Cantrell Oct 25, 2007 4:34 PM
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Open sketch, LMB box around it, CTRL C
Open new sketch, select origin, CTRL V
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Kenneth Barrentine Oct 25, 2007 4:51 PM
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see "derived sketch" in help.

select sketch you want to copy.
hold ctrl key and select face or plane you want to copy to.
then from insert menu, derived sketch.

the neat thing about this is if you change the sketch you copied from, the copied sketch will also change.
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- Dan Riffell @ Kenneth Barrentine on Oct 25, 2007 5:50 PM
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  Yep, derived sketch is the way to go. You can also just sharethe sketch if the planes are parallel, and the features line up.
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Stian Solberg Nov 1, 2007 7:42 AM
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If you are using the same sketch many times, try using the blockfunctionality also.. saves me alot of time
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- Dale Rosema @ Stian Solberg on Nov 2, 2007 11:00 AM
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  For those who didn't know this (and I don'tknow if it works every time) if you pick the plane again, it willflip the sketch 180 degrees. I figure this out by trying severalthings because my sketch came in 180 rotated from where I wanted itto be (on the other side of the centerline and mirrored). Thanks,Dale
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