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How to re-establish the sketch Plane
- Thread starter m1mason
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In the part model tree, select the Feature, right-click and pick Edit Definition. Pick Placement and then the sketcher icon (pad and pencil). The Sketching Plane appears then.
M1mason,
Just a quick question.
Do you want to change the plane that the sketch is on or the plane that the sketch references for orientation.
Either way Reroute is the option that you need to use
Kevin Hammond
Mechanical Design Engineer
Derbyshire, UK
Just a quick question.
Do you want to change the plane that the sketch is on or the plane that the sketch references for orientation.
Either way Reroute is the option that you need to use
Kevin Hammond
Mechanical Design Engineer
Derbyshire, UK
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I tried your suggestion but it did not work. My problem is I've drawn the sketch on the wrong plane and I want to move the sketch to another plane. the edit definition option takes me back to edit mode for the sketch. My understanding is that redefining a sketch plane has to occure at the part level not sketch mode.
Sorry, I should really explain....
When you reroute a feature, you are changing the basic references that the part was built upon.
You will be asked to choose a new ref or use the same ref for each plane/axis/edge that you use to develop the model in the first place. Remember that once you change the plane that you sketched the orig model on, you will also have to change the plane that the sketch refs to make the sketch align perpendicular to the screen.
Hope that makes sense
Kevin Hammond
Mechanical Design Engineer
Derbyshire, UK
When you reroute a feature, you are changing the basic references that the part was built upon.
You will be asked to choose a new ref or use the same ref for each plane/axis/edge that you use to develop the model in the first place. Remember that once you change the plane that you sketched the orig model on, you will also have to change the plane that the sketch refs to make the sketch align perpendicular to the screen.
Hope that makes sense
Kevin Hammond
Mechanical Design Engineer
Derbyshire, UK
They have changed this from WF2 to WF3. In WF2 if you pick the feature then RMB edit definition, RMB edit internal sketch it takes you directly to the sketch plane definition and you have to click past this part to get to the section itself. Now in WF3 the same selections take you directly into the section and if you want to change the sketch plane you have to pick sketch/sketch setup from the pull down menus.
You can use the reroute functionality too but since it STILL uses the old menu manager GUI it is rather cryptic and obtuse.
You can use the reroute functionality too but since it STILL uses the old menu manager GUI it is rather cryptic and obtuse.
WF3 functionality Question
Have they added an Edit Sketch option to edit a separate driving sketch instead of the Unlink Sketch option. I find it obceenly unproductive that I can't do this from feature definition if a feature fails because of a sketch problem.
In WF2 you can almost wear out the Right Button on your mouse dealing with this crap.
Michael
Have they added an Edit Sketch option to edit a separate driving sketch instead of the Unlink Sketch option. I find it obceenly unproductive that I can't do this from feature definition if a feature fails because of a sketch problem.
In WF2 you can almost wear out the Right Button on your mouse dealing with this crap.
Michael
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