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Move a set of lines (generated through DXF) when a plane resizes

29_1819
29_1819 Member Posts: 5 ✭
in Community Support
Hey everyone!

  • so I created a custom text line through Inkscape and imported as DXF in onshape 
  • I stick that DXF as lines on a plane
  • when the plane resizes, those lines stays on the same place (it clips if the plane becomes smaller)
My question: How do you make a set of lines follow a dimention? The lines are all color blue as of the moment.

Answers

  • MichaelPascoe
    MichaelPascoe Member Posts: 2,955 PRO
    edited June 2024

    Welcome to Onshape! @29_1819

    In order to have a sketch follow a dimension, it must be properly constrained, fully black lines not blue. See this Learning Pathway. Once your sketch is fully constrained, then it will follow your dimension in a predictable way depending on how you set up your constraints.


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  • rick_randall
    rick_randall Member Posts: 436 ✭✭✭
    Does the text have a bounding box, like OnShape text? If so, try to dimension the box. I'm not familiar with Inkscape so ignore this advice if it doesn't apply.
  • MichaelPascoe
    MichaelPascoe Member Posts: 2,955 PRO
    @rick_randall has an excellent point. If there are a million small splines from an import, don't bother constraining those. In that case, make sure there are no dimensions or constraints on it except for 1 dimension which will scale the entire sketch.

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  • 29_1819
    29_1819 Member Posts: 5 ✭
    Hey everyone, thank you so much for the answers, unfortunately its very impractical to manually constrain the imported DXF sketch as it does import a million small splines points and lines... I was hoping there was a way to automatically constrain the sketch so I can make this sketch follow a distance so it does not clip when a plane changes size. 

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