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Creating Section Sketch
Steve_15
OS Professional Posts: 2 PRO
Is there a way to create a section of a dumb solid part to obtain a perimeter sketch so I can create a parametric sketch and recreate a parametric model? See the attached image. This dumb solid part has had an extruded cut to reveal the perimeter edge.
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lougallo
Member, Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 2,001 
If the face is revealed like you have it, open a sketch on that face and click on USE, which will convert those edges for you. If the face was not revealed like you show above, then you would need to use a cut to do this. Our section tool is currently only graphical and no conversions of the section view are available yet.Lou Gallo / PD/UX - Support - Community / Onshape, Inc.5
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If the face is revealed like you have it, open a sketch on that face and click on USE, which will convert those edges for you. If the face was not revealed like you show above, then you would need to use a cut to do this. Our section tool is currently only graphical and no conversions of the section view are available yet.