How do I use construction lines across sketches?

gyrex

Hi everyone,

I'm completely new to CAD and require some help please. I'm trying to create a construction line which exists on a different sketch and use this line on another sketch (which happens to be on a different plane as well). Is this possible? I need to use this line in order to align entities on another sketch. Is this possible? Or is there a better way to achieve this?

Thanks in advance for any help!

My drawing is here: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/7acaac9aa46245186225afb6/w/239620736401d6f7997c98fb/e/be0be3939a5deeed67f257fd

owen_sparks

Hi.

Yes, indeed you can.

There is a "use" command to use aka project an entity onto something else.

@lougallo might be worth noting in passing that even though I knew the feature I was looking for when I typed "use" into the OS help search I got zero hits.

Cheers,

Owen S.

owen_sparks

Hi.

Yes, indeed you can.

There is a "use" command to use aka project an entity onto something else.

@lougallo might be worth noting in passing that even though I knew the feature I was looking for when I typed "use" into the OS help search I got zero hits.

Cheers,

Owen S.

gyrex

Perfect! Exactly what I was looking for and spent hours trying to figure it out. Thanks for your help mate

owen_sparks

No worries, could swear I put a link in to the help file though, sorry about that.

https://cad.onshape.com/help/#sketch-tools-use.htm%3FTocPath%3DPart%2520Studios%7CSketch%2520Tools%7C_____17

Cheers,

Owen S.

gyrex

I'm new to CAD - never used it before so I wasn't really sure what I was looking for. Thanks again Owen

owen_sparks

Sure thing.  My unsolicited advice is sure, learn by using OS but also watch all the videos and definitely attend the free webinars.  You'll be amazed at the number of "easy ways to do things" that you'll see.  For my first few month I was getting things done, but looking back at the workflows I was making it more difficult than it could have been!

Cheers, Owen S. 

gyrex

I must say that it's extremely powerful but also a lot easier to use than Fusion 360. I tried Fusion 360 but it was too complex for me. OS is miles better IMO!