edit or move sketch plane

Ken_Thornton65759

Hello, 

Is there a way to edit or move a sketch plane, without deleting that sketch and starting over? 

Being new to the program, I selected a sketch plane, on a existing extrude, drew a sketch, then went to extrude (remove) a section. Since the program does not have extrude in 2 directions, I can remove material from either side of the sketch plane, but not both sides at the same time.

So I figured if I could move the sketch plane in front of everything I could achieve the same effect, without redrawing. 

john_f_carr

Edit the sketch feature -- double click or use mouse menu->edit in the feature list.  Click in the plane select box (just under the green check mark) to activate it, then click on the plane you want the sketch to appear on.  The sketch should move.  You may have to fix up constraints in the sketch.

If you don't already have a plane, create one first using the plane tool near the right of the toolbar.

3dcad

If you just wan't to have same sketch extruded in both directions, you don't need to create another sketch. Make another extrude and select same sketch entity but different direction.
This way both extrudes associate with same sketch and follow any changes made to that sketch.

It's really nice feature in Ons that you can re-use sketches or just some parts of them for different operations. Try it out.

To move a plane for sketch, you need to create new plane (default planes don't move). And then follow John's directions to change the plane for sketch. Or you can sketch directly to any planar face of existing extrude and perform operations from that face.

andrew_troup

For the sake of completeness, in case others search or stumble across this topic:

If the sketch is on a plane which has been created (perhaps by offsetting a specified distance from a construction plane or a model face), it may not be apparent to someone new to solid modelling that they can always go back and edit the plane's location at a future date, and the sketch will travel with it. 

john_f_carr

Edit the sketch feature -- double click or use mouse menu->edit in the feature list.  Click in the plane select box (just under the green check mark) to activate it, then click on the plane you want the sketch to appear on.  The sketch should move.  You may have to fix up constraints in the sketch.

If you don't already have a plane, create one first using the plane tool near the right of the toolbar.

3dcad

If you just wan't to have same sketch extruded in both directions, you don't need to create another sketch. Make another extrude and select same sketch entity but different direction.
This way both extrudes associate with same sketch and follow any changes made to that sketch.

It's really nice feature in Ons that you can re-use sketches or just some parts of them for different operations. Try it out.

To move a plane for sketch, you need to create new plane (default planes don't move). And then follow John's directions to change the plane for sketch. Or you can sketch directly to any planar face of existing extrude and perform operations from that face.

andrew_troup

For the sake of completeness, in case others search or stumble across this topic:

If the sketch is on a plane which has been created (perhaps by offsetting a specified distance from a construction plane or a model face), it may not be apparent to someone new to solid modelling that they can always go back and edit the plane's location at a future date, and the sketch will travel with it. 

Ken_Thornton65759

Nice tip on the extrude, that will help on some things. 

Changing planes is easier than expected, I think sometimes your used to something being complicated, that you don't notice what is in plane site.