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Use of sketches in assembly, and mates in sketches...

john_P37
john_P37 Posts: 27 PRO
in Community Support
     Anyone know how to use sketches in an assembly?  I've looked in the documentation and it seems you can do this, but I can't find the details.    What I want to do is not complicated:   In particular, I have a sketch of some straight lines laid out, and I want to attach parts, via mates, to the end or midpoints of the lines.  It looks like if I have a sketch alone, I can't tie a mate to it:   The mate connector is looking for an owner part, and since this is just a sketch there is no part to be the owner. 
thanks,
John

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  • larry_hawes
    larry_hawes Posts: 478 PRO
    In the meantime, you can add mate connectors to sketches in the assembly, no owner part required.
    How can one create a sketch in an assembly?

  • Jake_Rosenfeld
    Jake_Rosenfeld Posts: 1,646 image
    @larry_hawes

    Kevin is just saying that if you make a sketch in a Part Studio and bring it into an assembly, you can add the mates once the sketch is in the assembly.
    Jake Rosenfeld - Modeling Team
  • larry_hawes
    larry_hawes Posts: 478 PRO
    Jake_Rosenfeld said:
    @larry_hawes

    Kevin is just saying that if you make a sketch in a Part Studio and bring it into an assembly, you can add the mates once the sketch is in the assembly.
    Thanks Kevin, Jake - that will come in handy.

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