Sketch bug? 1

[ctopher]

I have a part that is oriented vertically.
I'm creating a new part that is similar to the old, but oriented horiz.
Opened the vert part, 'convert' entities' from the edge, then paste onto a new sketch of the new part.
Then rotated the sketch horiz.
This is the issue. The relations are gone. But, when I select a horiz line, SW thinks it's vert. It is stuck this way. The only work around is to draw the lines from scratch and not use the lines converted from the old part.
Strange. I think this is a bug. The lines should not carry over their orientations from another part.
Attached is the part with the sketch (SW 2010).

Chris
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[CorBlimeyLimey]

Could you not copy (Save as) the new part and rotate the sketches in the new part? Or use the Move/Copy Bodies function?

 

[ctopher]

I tried that, no change. The lines are 'stuck' with the orientations.

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[Eltron]

I'm not seeing the same, Chris, but maybe I'm doing something different. Here's what I did:

Click on the sketch in the FM and hit CTRL c.
Start a new part, open a sketch and CTRL v.
Delete any vertical or horizontal relations.
Window select all of the components of the sketch, rt click and select Rotate Entities.
Select the rotation center and LMB drag to whatever angle you need.

Dan

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[ctopher]

Thanks Dan.
Curious, could you do a test?
Make a part sketch, then extrude it.
Select a surface or plane, make a new sketch, then convert entities. Select and copy the new sketch geometry.
Start a new part and sketch, paste the copied geometry.
Does the vert and horiz lines look the same but show a different orientation if you select them?

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[Eltron]

No problems here doing what you suggested.

Dan

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[ctopher]

Thanks.

Chris
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[TheTick]

A little more tedious, but maybe avoids your problem...

Sketch in all of your segments but do not constrain. Constrain them in-context (colinear, coradial, etc.), then remove in-context references and redo cnstraints.