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How do I keep relations when copying parts of a sketch?
The relations that are contained withing the sketch entity you are copying should transfer. The only relations that won't are dimensions and relations that are linked to entities outside of the sketch entities you are copying. For example, if you are copying a sketch that is created in reference to the origin, the copied sketch will not maintain those relations and dimensions with the origin. When you position your copy, you will have to reestablish those dimensions/relations.-
How do I keep relations when copying parts of a sketch?
Seems like it should keep the tangent relations. Must be a bug.Matt McKendrick wrote:
The relations that are contained withing the sketch entity you are copying should transfer. The only relations that won't are dimensions and relations that are linked to entities outside of the sketch entities you are copying. For example, if you are copying a sketch that is created in reference to the origin, the copied sketch will not maintain those relations and dimensions with the origin. When you position your copy, you will have to reestablish those dimensions/relations.
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How do I keep relations when copying parts of a sketch?
Chris,
Exactly how are you ctrl-dragging your sketch to make a copy? The relationships copy across just fine on all of the simple test cases that I tried.
As Matt said, if you generated a sketch by offseting or converting edges that were tangent, and then ctrl-drag that sketch, the new sketch will not have any relations, because the tangency was in the edges, not in the sketch lines.-
How do I keep relations when copying parts of a sketch?
Take a look at the attached image for an example of what I am talking about.
This is not a sketch with external references.
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How do I keep relations when copying parts of a sketch?
Chris,
OK, I get the same results with the offset slot. In a sense, it's the same type of problem. If you look at the lines and arcs in the original sketch, they don't have any tangent or parallel relations. All of the "intelligence" is in the offset relations. When you copy the sketch, the offset relations don't get copied, so the new sketch has no intelligence at all, except for the vertical relation of the construction line. It certainly seems reasonable to me that the offset would be copied with the rest of the geometry, but apparently some software guy at SW disagreed. Looks like a fine opportunity to fill out an enhancement request.
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