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Line color in sketch
gerald_friedman
OS Professional Posts: 50 PRO
I do line layouts in sketch mode to identify locations of parts or paths of motion.
Has any thought been to having a "layout mode" that allows changing of line colors?
Has any thought been to having a "layout mode" that allows changing of line colors?
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Website: ovyl.io
Sketch Color
Layers and Sketch Color
Another Sketch Color
The ability to annotate sketch dimensions would be a great improvement.
Also, despite my using a high res screen (4K), ALL the lines in a Sketch are about 8 pixels wide.
For such a sophisticated application as OnShape, it's absolutely ridiculous.
IMO, by leaving things like this, the developers are crippling the usability of OnShape.
What exactly are you doing in your sketches that is making this so challenging? Neils answer is perhaps a bit flippant, but I'm curious how dense or complex your sketches are.
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I saw what you're working on in another thread. Your sketch is way too complex and you're doing all the work manually. The is not Illustrator or Autocad. The whole point of a parametric tool is to capture design intent, and get the tool to do as much of the work of figuring out things like k-factors, bend relief, etc as possible.
perhaps you could try to zoom in by using ctrl+mouse wheel, you will have to put your mouse cursor outside of the drawing area. The toolbar is a good spot.
Do you have some recommended tutorials on how to do "simple" layouts, kinematics, or checking clearances?
Coming from NX, the ability to color and/or hide sketch lines within one sketch was immensely helpful for layouts or kinematics. I can "keep sketches simple" in OnShape but need to click in and out of multiple sketches when changes interrelated. It's a pretty clunky workflow for something that other CAD programs can easily handle.