Line color in sketch

gerald_friedman

I do line layouts in sketch mode to identify locations of parts or paths of motion.

Has any thought been to having a "layout mode" that allows changing of line colors?

EvanReese

I'd love to be able to change line colors in a sketch, and also to name/label dimensions for similar reasons.

bruce_williams

This would be very helpful; I also miss it from SW.  Here are a few Improvement Requests - please vote up!

Sketch Color
Layers and Sketch Color
Another Sketch Color

matthew_stacy

Evan_Reese said:

I'd love to be able to change line colors in a sketch, and also to name/label dimensions for similar reasons.

The ability to annotate sketch dimensions would be a great improvement.

john_smith077

In OnShape, the dimension lines are really hard to distinguish from the lines of the design. 
Also, despite my using a high res screen (4K),  ALL the lines in a Sketch are about 8 pixels wide.

For such a sophisticated application as OnShape, it's absolutely ridiculous.

IMO, by leaving things like this, the developers are crippling the usability of OnShape. 

NeilCooke

Keep your sketch simple and it’s not a problem

S1mon

@john_smith077

What exactly are you doing in your sketches that is making this so challenging? Neils answer is perhaps a bit flippant, but I'm curious how dense or complex your sketches are. 

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I saw what you're working on in another thread. Your sketch is way too complex and you're doing all the work manually. The is not Illustrator or Autocad. The whole point of a parametric tool is to capture design intent, and get the tool to do as much of the work of figuring out things like k-factors, bend relief, etc as possible.

john_mcclary

I don't know how it looks on a 4k monitor, but the dimension lines are thinner than geometry lines.


perhaps you could try to zoom in by using  ctrl+mouse wheel, you will have to put your mouse cursor outside of the drawing area. The toolbar is a good spot.

rokerson

NeilCooke said:

Keep your sketch simple and it’s not a problem

@NeilCooke
Do you have some recommended tutorials on how to do "simple" layouts, kinematics, or checking clearances?

Coming from NX, the ability to color and/or hide sketch lines within one sketch was immensely helpful for layouts or kinematics.  I can "keep sketches simple" in OnShape but need to click in and out of multiple sketches when changes interrelated. It's a pretty clunky workflow for something that other CAD programs can easily handle.

ValNth

I believe it would also be way more user-friendly, if the lines you project with the "use" feature, from other sketches would have anything to differentiate them, like a color other than black. I started with Fusion360, before switching to Onshape and the thing I miss the most is the easy visibility between projected purple lines and the current ones.