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Solidworks 2013 Will not allow me to add relations to any sketches.

Question asked by Shane Bowes on Mar 5, 2015
Latest reply on Mar 5, 2015 by Mark Kaiser

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Yesterday I was working on a large assembly and when I added a new part. Went to sketch the profile and needed to add some relations to that sketch.
When I select the add relations command, it will let me select the lines to add relations to, but does not present any relations to add to those sketch lines. Is there a option I may have accidentally turned off or one that could have turned itself off? Seeing as I would remember turning off a setting. Thanks for any help in advance guys!

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I went back to the sketch and without selecting the "add relations" command I selected the line and arc I needed to add relations to using the shift key. As soon as I did that it brought up relations I could add on the left hand tool bar. I used this method for the rest of the sketch relations I needed and it seems to have worked. Odd because I had to add relations the other way up until this point.

Glenn Schroeder Mar 5, 2015 10:43 AM

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I've always used Ctrl when selecting sketch entities to apply relations. Maybe I'm missing something, but why are you using Shift?

And I've never activated the "Add relations" command. I just hold down Ctrl while selecting the entities, then release the Ctrl key. The entities stay selected and the context toolbar pops up in the graphics area with the available relations to select. I can also set relations in the PropertyManager that pops up when Ctrl selecting 2 or more sketch entities. (The toolbar shown below is only available for sketching in Parts and Assemblies, not Drawings, but you can still use the PropertyManager.)

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Mark Kaiser Mar 5, 2015 10:13 AM

The first time when it didn't work, were you editing the part while in the assembly, and trying to add in-context relations, relating the part to something else in the assembly? If you were, there is a setting to turn this on/off: on my assembly toolbar it is 'no external references'. The second time when it did work, did you have the part file open by itself?

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Shane Bowes @ Mark Kaiser on Mar 5, 2015 10:35 AM

The first time I was editing a part in assembly and only trying to relate to parts of the sketch I was working on. Not to an outside reference from another part in the assembly. Its good to know I can do that with a setting! When it did work I was foregoing clicking on the add relation command and just selecting the sketch line then holding "shift" and selecting the sketch arc I wanted to add the relation to within the same sketch file. It promptly brought up the relations I could add to these two sketch segments and I selected the tangent relation I wanted. Thank you for the answer! If you have any more questions please ask.

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Glenn Schroeder @ Shane Bowes on Mar 5, 2015 10:43 AM

I've always used Ctrl when selecting sketch entities to apply relations. Maybe I'm missing something, but why are you using Shift?

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Shane Bowes @ Glenn Schroeder on Mar 5, 2015 10:58 AM

Shift is an old habit. I have used a lot of different drawing programs in the past. Thats a great answer, Thank you! I'm pretty new to Solidworks and self taught. So this helps a great deal!

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Mark Kaiser @ Shane Bowes on Mar 5, 2015 11:00 AM

Here's a couple different ways to find the add relations commands:

Not sure if 2013 hast this next one:

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Mark Kaiser Mar 5, 2015 10:13 AM
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The first time when it didn't work, were you editing the part while in the assembly, and trying to add in-context relations, relating the part to something else in the assembly? If you were, there is a setting to turn this on/off: on my assembly toolbar it is 'no external references'. The second time when it did work, did you have the part file open by itself?
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- Shane Bowes @ Mark Kaiser on Mar 5, 2015 10:35 AM
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  The first time I was editing a part in assembly and only trying to relate to parts of the sketch I was working on. Not to an outside reference from another part in the assembly. Its good to know I can do that with a setting! When it did work I was foregoing clicking on the add relation command and just selecting the sketch line then holding "shift" and selecting the sketch arc I wanted to add the relation to within the same sketch file. It promptly brought up the relations I could add to these two sketch segments and I selected the tangent relation I wanted. Thank you for the answer! If you have any more questions please ask.
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  - Glenn Schroeder @ Shane Bowes on Mar 5, 2015 10:43 AM
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    I've always used Ctrl when selecting sketch entities to apply relations. Maybe I'm missing something, but why are you using Shift?
    
    And I've never activated the "Add relations" command. I just hold down Ctrl while selecting the entities, then release the Ctrl key. The entities stay selected and the context toolbar pops up in the graphics area with the available relations to select. I can also set relations in the PropertyManager that pops up when Ctrl selecting 2 or more sketch entities. (The toolbar shown below is only available for sketching in Parts and Assemblies, not Drawings, but you can still use the PropertyManager.)
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    - Shane Bowes @ Glenn Schroeder on Mar 5, 2015 10:58 AM
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      Shift is an old habit. I have used a lot of different drawing programs in the past. Thats a great answer, Thank you! I'm pretty new to Solidworks and self taught. So this helps a great deal!
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  - Mark Kaiser @ Shane Bowes on Mar 5, 2015 11:00 AM
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    Here's a couple different ways to find the add relations commands:
    
    Not sure if 2013 hast this next one:
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