What is the fastest way to place multiple identical circles in a sketch?

michael_mcdonald047

I was hoping to be able to select a dimensioned circle entity and paste a copy it at several locations.  The transform function seems to move entities but not copy.  Creating circle after circle after circle and then setting the dimension to all of them at once would work too but I don't see how to do that either.  The pattern function will not help since the locations do not follow any pattern.

konstantin_shiriazdanov

you may select all the circles and set equal constraint, or place points instead and use point pattern featurescript, but it works only on the feature level

konstantin_shiriazdanov

you may select all the circles and set equal constraint, or place points instead and use point pattern featurescript, but it works only on the feature level

owen_sparks

Or you can copy and paste entities

michael_mcdonald047

konstantin_
How do you set equal constraint as you mentioned?

michael_mcdonald047

owen_
I tried that, but for some reason the copies wouldn't snap to anything.  They were ignoring preselections and taking positions in undisclosed space.

michael_mcdonald047

konstantin_
I found the equal constraint.  Thanks for the help.

Jake_Rosenfeld

@michael_mcdonald047 :

If you copy-paste, the copied circle should appear with transformation handles.  If you click and drag on the square, the center of the circle will snap to implied snap points in the sketch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR0dAJIjMZc

The equals constraint looks like an equals sign and should be in your sketch toolbar:
https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/sketch-tools-equal.htm