can I copy a sketch across drawings?

[mechjames]

Hi Guys,
I am using NX6. I hope this is not a silly question but can I copy a sketch across drawings? I am trying to avoid duplicating work. I have a sketch created in one drawing that I extrude to make some cut outs. I want to make the same cut outs on a different part. Do I have to recreate the sketch in the new drawing or is there any way of copying it across?

many thanks,
James

 

[Walterke]

does ctrl+C / ctrl+V work?

NX 7.5
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[mechjames]

Hi Walterke,
no I have of course tried to do this as per conventional methods. I also started a new assembly, added the parts the tried from within the same assembly drawing, still no joy. Maybe it makes more sense to simply stick with the feature array copy functions...

cheers,
James

 

[cowski]

If you want the sketches to be independent, a copy and paste will work. During the paste operation you will have to specify the plane to place the sketch entities on and the alignment. It is a simple operation if the sketch is independent, if it has one or more parents in the feature tree it may prove more trouble than just recreating it.

 

[Walterke]

This is true in a modeling environment, does it also work in drafting?

Say you added a sketch to a certain view to make a break-out section. Can you copy that sketch to another view/sheet/drawing?

I'd check it myself, but don't have access to NX at the moment.

NX 7.5
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[lorenolepi]

The trick to copying sketches that I found was to ensure that the view that you want is the "active sketch view" when you paste.

 

[mechjames]

lorenolepi - will give that a go, thanks...

 

[JohnRBaker]

Why would someone be copying and pasting a sketch into a Drawing if his intention is to use it to perform an extrude (see original post)?

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[mechjames]

Hi John,
thanks for looking at this post. I am thinking about this the wrong way? Should I simply be making the sketch again in the new part?

thanks,
James

 

[JohnRBaker]

Starting in NX 7.5 we've made some changes to the way a sketch is initiated (in terms of what the sketch is actually referencing) which will make it much easier to 'copy & paste' a sketch, or for that matter, capture your sketch as a 'profile' for inclusion in the Reuse Library if there may be a need to reuse that or a similar profile on a regular basis in the future.

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[mechjames]

sounds really useful... many thanks!

 

[man2007]

I don't know about NX6, but in NX 7.5, copying and pasting sketches across the drawings definitely works, I have checked.