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MWMichael Webster26/09/2008
I'm attempting to create a 2d layout for a laser, in order to make bend patterns for some thin brass rule.

I have completed design, and want to have a drawing view that displays only the centerline sketch of the rule segments, and the centerline of the screws being used to hold this rule to angle brackets.

I can get my assembly to show only the sketches I wish - I "hide" solid features in each part, and explicitly "show" the sketch within one of my features. This works even for the brackets, of which there are about 100 of them - I had only to hide all components of this bracket subassembly, and explicitly turn on a single 3d sketch of the centerline of a screw, and it applied to ALL my brackets.

When I create a drawing view, however, I don't have that centerline - inspecting the property manager bar for each detail in drawing mode, I have to again explicitly turn on the 3d sketch I want (and do this 99 more times) - which is undesirable, as I have 2 more of these assemblies, one of them having 250 brackets.

Any suggestions as to why my sketches aren't being consistent between assembly and drawing?