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GeneGoldenberg10-Marble
10-Marble
June 26, 2014
Question

use one sketch for multiple features...

  • June 26, 2014
  • 5 replies
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... is it possible?

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    TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
    17-Peridot
    June 26, 2014

    ...yes

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    MartinHanak24-Ruby III
    24-Ruby III
    June 26, 2014

    Eugene,

    create Sketch feature (datum curve sketched in datum plane) and use it as reference in the following features.

    Martin Hanak

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    GeneGoldenberg10-MarbleAuthor
    10-Marble
    June 26, 2014

    Martin, I do know about external sketch of course

    I shoud ask if an internal sketch used in a feature can be reused in another one.

    Thanks

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    MartinHanak24-Ruby III
    24-Ruby III
    June 26, 2014

    Eugene,

    the answer is NO. Internal section/sketch is hidden inside its feature and cannot be referenced from outside.

    Martin Hanak

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    Patriot_177622-Sapphire II
    22-Sapphire II
    June 26, 2014

    It absolutely can be. Unlike older versions of SolidQuirks, you can sketch a stand alone datum curve, and use elements of that for any number of features (in the internal sketch) or even parts if done correctly.

    I believe David is right as well.

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    GeneGoldenberg10-MarbleAuthor
    10-Marble
    June 27, 2014

    The correct answer is:

    make a "copy" of your sketch in a feature and than you can bring it into a sketch that you want to create

    So david and Anton both got it right.

    thanks

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    TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
    17-Peridot
    June 27, 2014

    Interesting. It works the same as the sketch palette without having to save the section. This will be useful.

    The same limitations exist as well since you loose your references.

    I for one would really like the option to change internal sections to external sketches after the fact.

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    gkrishna1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    June 28, 2014

    There is this use in session tool in sketcher,but sketches are named in a way that you won't be able to distinguish them and if you ask for preview it crashes the whole application.

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    TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
    17-Peridot
    June 28, 2014

    you can use the thumbnail preview for this.

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    tmorishita1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    June 30, 2014

    I seldom use external sketches because back in release 14 when I learned, they didn't exist. I reuse internal sketches often. Like Stephen said, if you save the sketch it becomes a .sec file, which you can import when starting a new sketch. The .sec file then becomes the internal sketch for the new feature.

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