6 Replies Latest reply on Nov 2, 2007 11:00 AM by Dale Rosema

Re-use a sketch

Ken Johnson Oct 25, 2007 4:29 PM

I would like to re-use a sketch in my model on a different plane.What is the easiest way to do this?

Re-use a sketch

Steve Calvert Oct 25, 2007 4:34 PM (in response to Ken Johnson)

Select the sketch and copy it.

Steve
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Re-use a sketch

Tony Cantrell Oct 25, 2007 4:34 PM (in response to Ken Johnson)

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 (in response to Ken Johnson)

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 Oct 25, 2007 5:50 PM (in response to Kenneth Barrentine)
  
  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 (in response to Ken Johnson)

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 Nov 2, 2007 11:00 AM (in response to Stian Solberg)
  
  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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