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Sketch has completely disspeared

florent_herbingerflorent_herbinger Member Posts: 9 EDU
in Drawings
I've been working on a sketch that has quite a few dimensions. From time to time, the sketch would completely disappear, but I was able to retrieve it after reloading OnShape a couple of times.

However, this time my sketch has completely disappeared and no amount of reloading, opening, closing, etc. is bringing it back. Here is the document: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/eb1b728ea13c376be990ac2b/w/5ba54a58033f6c4dbe36c230/e/1e08995eb9166347fdecd373

Does anyone have a solution? I would be absolutely devastated if I permanently lost my sketch as I have been working on it for months.

Best regards,

Florent

Comments

  • NeilCookeNeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,688
    When you use a sketch for an extrude, the sketch gets hidden by default. Click the eye icon next to the sketch in the feature list to show it again.
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEAI
  • florent_herbingerflorent_herbinger Member Posts: 9 EDU
    Thanks for the response NeilCooke. After restoring the sketch over and over again to a previous moment and trying to get past a particular dimensioning constraint, I was finally able to finish the sketch. I have learned my lesson in never having such a complex sketch again. It's probably better to have several smaller sketches and constrain them together. However, I'm not sure how I would ultimately export the whole sketch as a DXF as this was my goal.
  • NeilCookeNeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,688
    No worries, looks like I misunderstood your problem. To output them all as one, extrude one of the profiles and make a drawing of that part. Then right-click the view and show sketches. Then export the drawing (may be better without a drawing border).
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEAI
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