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Use of sketches in assembly, and mates in sketches...
john_P37
Member Posts: 26 PRO
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
thanks,
John
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kevin_o_toole_1
Onshape Employees, Developers, HDM Posts: 565 
You currently can't place a mate connector in a Part Studio with a sketch as the owner part. If this functionality would be useful to you, please vote on this improvement request!
In the meantime, you can add mate connectors to sketches in the assembly, no owner part required. If you want to mate parts to your sketches, that's the workflow I'd recommend.
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In the meantime, you can add mate connectors to sketches in the assembly, no owner part required. If you want to mate parts to your sketches, that's the workflow I'd recommend.
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.