topic Re: How to get to "Redefine Sketch Plane"? in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

How to get to "Redefine Sketch Plane"?

alex.olshove — Wed, 31 May 2017 04:19:51 GMT

I need to move a sketch from the face of a 3D body to another plane to draw on it. I found instructions online on how to use the "Redefine Sketch Plane" option under the browser sketch right-click but I don't have an option for "redefine sketch plane" listed.

Re: How to get to "Redefine Sketch Plane"?

lucasproko — Wed, 31 May 2017 04:56:48 GMT

Hey @alex.olshove,

You should be able to right click either the sketch in the browser tree on the left, or the sketch feature in the timeline on the bottom to bring up a menu that has the "Redefine sketch plane" option in it. You cannot do this as you're editing the sketch though, so make sure you finish the sketch, and then right click it.

Hopefully that works!

Re: How to get to "Redefine Sketch Plane"?

daniel_lyall — Wed, 31 May 2017 05:04:14 GMT

@alex.olshove If you have done actions from that sketch (like a extrude) don't move it, copy, past and move the copied sketch

Re: How to get to "Redefine Sketch Plane"?

alex.olshove — Wed, 31 May 2017 05:36:49 GMT

Thank you for replying, Lucas.

This is what I see in my right-menu when I click on a sketch. There's no option for Redefine Sketch Plane.

My Fusion 360 "about" shows version 2.0.3125, Fusion 360 Ultimate, Startup.

Thanks!

-Alex O.

Re: How to get to "Redefine Sketch Plane"?

alex.olshove — Wed, 31 May 2017 05:38:12 GMT

Thank you Daniel,

At this point, this seems like my only option.

-Alex O.

Re: How to get to "Redefine Sketch Plane"?

daniel_lyall — Wed, 31 May 2017 05:41:30 GMT

Can you post the file there may be something wrong with it to start with Go to File -> Export and save as a .F3D Archive File and attach it to your next post

Re: How to get to "Redefine Sketch Plane"?

lucasproko — Wed, 31 May 2017 05:43:14 GMT

Ahhh I see what's happening! You don't have your timeline turned on. If you Capture Design History, you should be able to re-define sketch planes. This seems like strange behavior so I'll ask a colleague if this is an intentional workflow or not.

Re: How to get to "Redefine Sketch Plane"?

alex.olshove — Wed, 31 May 2017 16:05:39 GMT

Thank you. I'll research design history. I'm not sure why I turned it off other than to clean up the GUI or something.

Expected behavior would be to allow redefinition of the sketch without history turned on though.

-Alex O.

Re: How to get to "Redefine Sketch Plane"?

rstausebach — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:42:23 GMT

I have the same problem. There is no Redefine Sketch Plane option whether the history is turned on or not.

Re: How to get to "Redefine Sketch Plane"?

dase1 — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 05:39:41 GMT

I have seen the Redefine Sketch Plane in a situation where I had a lost reference and I successfully used the feature to clear up the error. Now I want to use the feature to actually change the sketch plane, but it doesn't show up. I am not editing a sketch and I have the timeline turned on, and it still doesn't show up. What am I missing?

I have another component where the feature does show up, but not on the component where I need it. The one difference is that the component that I want to change the sketch plane has a copied component in the design. Is that why the feature doesn't show up?

Re: How to get to "Redefine Sketch Plane"?

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 21:37:43 GMT

I'm having the same issue. Is there a resolution to this? I have a dxf file that I uploaded to my workspace. When I open the file, the sketch is in the wrong plane. I am new to Fusion 360, and haven't found a way to get this sketch moved to the correct construction plane.

Re: How to get to "Redefine Sketch Plane"?

daniel_lyall — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 07:31:26 GMT

@Anonymous highlight it and use the move command