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In an OnShape Drawing, is it possible to hide all Construction lines that are present in a Sketch

john_smith077john_smith077 Member Posts: 175 ✭✭✭
Hello

Is it possible to hide all construction lines when have made a Drawing from a Sketch?

Background
I am using a Sketch that I have created in OnShape to create a DXF file (for use in the free magnetic modelling software 'FEMM').  My problem is that I need to use Construction lines in order to create the Sketch. But I don't want those lines to appear in the DXF file.

Thanks

J  


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    S1monS1mon Member Posts: 2,389 PRO
    I don’t know of a simple solution, but you can always create a second sketch which uses edges from a previous sketch - leaving out the construction lines, of course.
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    sebastian_glanznersebastian_glanzner Member, Developers Posts: 401 PRO
    @john_smith077
    You can set the color of the construction lines to white.

    But Onshape doesn't allow it to set it to a pure white, because this would not be visible on white paper.
    So just set it to almost white:

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    alec_stewart245alec_stewart245 Member Posts: 4 EDU
    S1mon said:
    I don’t know of a simple solution, but you can always create a second sketch which uses edges from a previous sketch - leaving out the construction lines, of course.
    How can I do that? [I tried copying and pasting a sketch but I couldn't see any way to anchor the pasted sketch so that all the lines go black. Apologies for newbie question!] 

    Changing colour won't help me because I importing the line data in the .DXF file into another application.

    J
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    S1monS1mon Member Posts: 2,389 PRO
    “Use edge” with the entities you want to see. 
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