OK I give up. How can I duplicate a Sketch?

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• 3dcad Member, OS Professional, Mentor Posts: 2,475 PRO

  January 2016 edited January 2016 Answer ✓

  You need to make sketch fully defined and after copy&paste make one constraint to fix the position. You can first copy & paste into same sketch and try to drag to see if shape is movable.
  
  This is something Onshape needs to make better, moving unconstrained sketch with multiple points is almost impossible. 
  Like I have said in many threads, we need a way to group geometry so that we can move shape around without braking it.

  //rami
  

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• 3dcad Member, OS Professional, Mentor Posts: 2,475 PRO

  January 2016

  In addition to my answer, you need to create constraint (also dimension is constraint) to origin in both sketches to be able to control position relative to each other.
  
  If sketches are parallel you can also try use/project feature for bringing the shape into another sketch.
  
  The one thing to remember with Onshape sketches is that how ever you create them (mirror, pattern, project) you can always remove that specific constraint and edit geometry as you wish.

  //rami
  

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• tom_scarince Member, Developers Posts: 47 ✭✭✭

  January 2016

  Depending on exactly what the difference between the two paths is, I'd probably suggest creating both paths in the same sketch. 

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• john_smith077 Member Posts: 175 ✭✭✭

  January 2016

  OK thanks.
  
  All I'd say is that when I created the first Sketch I snapped the path onto the origin and all the lines were black.(Although I guess I didn't explicitly make the path Coincident with the origin - in fact I'm note so sure how I'd do so, unless I deliberately started drawing it NOT on the origin and then put it there using the Coincident constraint??)
  
  
  

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• 3dcad Member, OS Professional, Mentor Posts: 2,475 PRO

  January 2016

  Snap will create constraint automatically. Click show constraints in sketch dialog to make them visible.

  //rami
  

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• john_smith077 Member Posts: 175 ✭✭✭

  January 2016

  I still dont get why it didn't paste a black line in same place on the second Sketch - but maybe we should move on!
  
  One thing - is there any way of getting the system to tell you WHY something is blue not black? 
  It's practically a sudoku puzzle trying to work out why something is still blue!

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• 3dcad Member, OS Professional, Mentor Posts: 2,475 PRO

  January 2016

  I don't get it either, but it is good if you paste into same sketch..
  
  I usually test blue lines with simple drag to see where they can go, then undo and add constraint

  //rami
  

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• john_smith077 Member Posts: 175 ✭✭✭

  January 2016

  If you paste stuff back into the same sketch doesn't it get too crowded?
  
  I need to watch some more explainer videos. Preferably some videos that start from nothing and build the complexity up using 'best practice'.
  Any specific recommendations?
  
  

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• 3dcad Member, OS Professional, Mentor Posts: 2,475 PRO

  January 2016 edited January 2016

  It is also good way to learn stuff by inspecting interesting public models - make a copy and roll back feature tree to see how it's made. I tend to save some copies for future reference if I don't immediately need or have time to learn some nice workflow. 
  
  You can easily create your own library by copying only needed part studio from public doc and paste it into your own instead of duplicating whole document.

  //rami
  

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• Kedarnath_Malapati Member Posts: 16 EDU

  November 2021

  Have they found a better way to do all of this; I have a couple of workarounds but they are a tedious. Currently, I'm trying to copy and paste a spur gear's tooth profile onto a bevel gear and its been a pain.

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• samuel_rohtlaan Member Posts: 1 EDU

  January 2022

  Hello there,
  
  I appreciate that this was a few months ago, and I'm sure you've found a workaround, but from reading this, it appears like you're having difficulties moving a drawing around in a part studio? The method you used to reproduce a sketch (copy and paste) is the method I use when I need to create, for example, two triangles with the same dimensions. To move a sketch, first double-click it in the sidebar, then pick all entities (left click and drag for a selection), and then right-click and select "Transform Entities." This will bring up a tool that will allow you to move all of the entities you have selected. You can modify the point at which the sketch snaps to the grid or other sketches by dragging the circle connecting the two triangles. You can easily move it by clicking and holding the square and dragging the sketch wherever you want. Other elements of this tool that can be intuitive and I will let you explore this. I've attached a GIF of me completing the process, which should help you comprehend it better. Please let me know if this was helpful, and best of luck!

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• Yann_Roth_91 Member Posts: 7 ✭✭

  October 15

  Who thinks we should be able to duplicate a sketch into the same plane and it should duplicate all constraints ? I want to reuse parts of a sketch on another one for similar looking parts.

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