How do I enter coordinates?

lougallo

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lougallo

Currently you have to position sketches with dimensions or place points with dimensions.  If you are making a plate to match, you can use the Part Studio and the USE command to convert those holes from one part to another.  

paul_breed

How do I enter coordinates?   IE I have a flange with holes at specific locations and I want to make a mating part.   how do I do this woithout laboriously dimensioning each hole from the origin..  IE draw a circle at 1,1  1,2    3.5,4     etc....

coleman

@paul_breed  Are you familiar with how onshape allows multiple parts to be created in the same part studio?

andrew_troup

@Coleman : Partly to assist with seeing where Paul's coming from, I suspect this question should be considered in parallel with the concurrent and related question "DIMENSIONS WHILE SKETCHING" 

coleman

@Andrew_Troup:  Yes 

mahmoud_2

I do kinematic synthesis nowadays, and it is extremely critical to be able to do that. I asked and I know it's not available for now along with 3D sketching. 
A workaround I use is to plot your point and use dimension tool to set the coordinates from the origin point in both X and Y direction. It works pretty well. It takes time that's all 

I'm passionately waiting for 3D sketching btw

lougallo

Currently you have to position sketches with dimensions or place points with dimensions.  If you are making a plate to match, you can use the Part Studio and the USE command to convert those holes from one part to another.  

_Ðave_

lougallo Another nice tip, I wasn't aware of all that the use command was for. I see a lot of ironcad type functionality developing here. Nice!