No luck searching so I'll just ask.
When importing a skecth using the Derive command is it possible to place the origin of the sketch at a location other than its location in the original part?
Thanks in advance,
Richard in Houston
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I can't think of a way, so maybe the question Why? would prompt an alternative technique.
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WHY? No fair answering with a question I can't answer. LOL More just a general curiousity question.
We have a few details that get repeated in a variety of other parts. If I could have a common file with the base sketch and just import and locate as needed that seems like it would make for a very simple workflow.
Thanks.
iFeatures
or maybe Sketch Blocks.
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I had the same problem, before I learned about "Sketch Blocks". The name is not suggestive of anything, but it turns out to be important. A "Sketch block" defines a sketch that can be relocated when it is derived. An obvious name like "Relocatable Sketch" might have been helpful. Just mark the sketch as a "Sketch Block" (look for the unassuming "Create Block" icon in the "Layout" section of the sketch menu bar).
I've found that the documentation for Inventor seems to follow one of two models: (a) you can't find the idea with an obvious search string; if you know the thing you are searching for, by its Inventor name, you can find it, but if you don't know the name, it is impossible to find and (b) long, tedious textbooks that assume you have read them from beginning to page 638, because it relies on you knowing what happened on page 235 (although there is no cross-reference to 235), but, again, you have to know the name of what you are looking for. So flailing about and asking questions on these forums has been my most effective method.
joe