topic Re: Reusing sketch elements in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Reusing sketch elements

smallfavor — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 21:39:11 GMT

I'd like to create a second sketch for the next component by copy pasting the sketch elements from the first. I can seem to move anything however without everything falling apart. I'm simply trying to increase the diameter of a revolved body as can be seen in the screen shot. Is there some way to do this - easily - or must I construct a completely new set of lines?

I'd like to be able to create sketch profiles that I could easily reuse throughout a design process. Is that not possible in with the way sketch works?

Re: Reusing sketch elements

jeff_strater — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 00:02:29 GMT

Yes, it should be possible to do what you want - to copy/paste sketches from one sketch to another.

What seems to be in this shared model is the pasted version? I'd like to see the source version, and a screencast of what you are doing. It looks like some geometry is missing from the pasted version (the top dimension doesn't seem to have any geometry on its right hand side.

Re: Reusing sketch elements

TrippyLighting — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 00:05:00 GMT

Put the sketch into a component.

Copy and paste/new the component. Second independent sketch is in the new component.

Re: Reusing sketch elements

smallfavor — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 16:55:50 GMT

Is this also the way to get a sketch into another file? Insert an entire component?

Simple enough I suppose.

Thanks.