Copy sketch

don_howe

I created a sketch on the front plane and I want to copy that sketch to the right plane. When I do this, how to I get the sketches to line up? In the example, when I copy the sketch and then past onto a new plane, it never lines up. What is the best way to do this?

Oliver_Couch

I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to do, but the better option would be to project it, or perhaps pattern the sketch?

glen_dewsbury

You will want to transform the new sketch so that it can be lined up using a constraint.

don_howe

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/106625#Comment_106625

I'm trying to copy a sketch created on the front plane and paste it into a scketch of right plane and have them align. It would appear that when you paste sketch enties into a new sketch on a different plane it positions it based on where the cursor is.

rick_randall

Hey Don, If your intent is to model a cabriole leg (not just developing a pattern), I agree with glen_dewsbury about using "transform".

I'll try to give a brief description about how it's used (If you already know this - please disregard)

1. click on "transform" and select entities
2. you will see a triad with a small circle where the arrows meet - grab this circle and drag it to a usable location on your sketch, one that you will use later as an alignment point (only the triad will move)
3. now grab one of the squares and move the entire sketch to the proper location (they will snap into various positions at the circle location)
4. You can also rotate if need be (by grabbing the circle with ticks, at the end of arrow). This also uses the small circle as the rotation point.

This process does not show up in the feature tree, but is embedded in the sketch, and therefore not really an "editable" feature (but you can use the undo - redo buttons). You will use "transform" a lot - so my advice is to play around with it, and get familiar with how it works. Just one of the little steps on your way to learning OnShape.

rick_randall

Sorry, clicked the wrong button. Oops