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Copy Geometry include Copy Sketch

Copy Geometry include Copy Sketch

It would be very useful for the external Copy Geometry to be able to Copy WHOLE sketches.

 

Currently we have to copy individual lines or circles from the sketch using the reference "Chains" field, or copying points or csys of the sketch using the "References" field. If we add later additional geometry for the sketch, the added geometry is not included, unless we redeine the feature to manually include it.

 

To include the whole geometry of the sketch, and be parametrically associated, we could edit the "Chain" from the standard to the rule-based selection, then we could include all curves in feature, as shown in the next image. But this does not automatically includes all points, and sometimes we use sketch points to define holes centers and want them to be shared across different parts.

 

Copy_Sketch_01.png

 

I suggest including an additional field below the Copy Geometry user interface to allow us to select whole sketches to be easy and parametrically shared across parts (typically, from a master model).

 

This workflow is already implemented in other cad packages.

If we can transfer sketches between parts, it's easier to generate new geometry associated with a sketch, or use hole patterns associated to a common sketch.

 

Copy_Sketch_02.png

After copying sketches, the model tree would indicate below it (if we expand it's node below) the associated sketches it broght to the current part from other external part.

 

Copy_Sketch_03.png