I have a sketch of intersecting contours, it's an arrangement of overlapping squares, is there a quick way I can trim all the intersecting segments and/or select the entire sketch to extrude? As of now, I can't extrude the whole sketch because of the intersecting segments.
Thanks,
Juan
You should be able to select all the enclosed areas under the Contours option of the Extrude command.
http://help.solidworks.com/2012/English/solidworks/sldworks/contour_selection.htm
If you don't want to use the Contours, then while in Edit Sketch mode, use the Trim tool with the Power Trim option enabled, and then just left-click-and-drag the mouse pointer across the unwanted lines.
Hi Juan,
Exit the sketch your in, set the sketch to visible and start a new sketch on the same plane.
Use the Convert entities tool to pick the contours you need for the extrusion.
Adrian.