https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/how-to-move-multiple-sketches-at-once-from-one-plane-to-another/m-p/8563025#M196880 <P>I am currently working on a project for an assignment where I have to make a picture using Inventor 2018 to cut out on a CNC Laser Engraver. To make this picture I have chosen to import an image and trace the lines with the spline tool. The image is extremely detailed so I ended up creating forty-three sketches to make it so I could save my progress at different points as tracing. My predicament is that when I transfer the image to the printing program for the CNC Laser Engraver it comes up in the wrong position so I am seeing the side - so basically just a line - rather than the actual sketch and there is no option to rotate. This is why I ask the question about moving multiple&nbsp;sketches at once from one plane to another. Thank you for your time, thoughts, and answers.</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="This is just showing the workplace and the amount of sketches." style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/597524i7873B71ABCC2BD16/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screenshot1.PNG" alt="This is just showing the workplace and the amount of sketches." /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">This is just showing the workplace and the amount of sketches.</span></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="This is showing how the sketches show up on the printer program." style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/597527i7E57C6D85990056E/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screenshot2.PNG" alt="This is showing how the sketches show up on the printer program." /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">This is showing how the sketches show up on the printer program.</span></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 31 Jan 2019 07:15:41 GMT Anonymous 2019-01-31T07:15:41Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/how-to-move-multiple-sketches-at-once-from-one-plane-to-another/m-p/8563025#M196880 <P>I am currently working on a project for an assignment where I have to make a picture using Inventor 2018 to cut out on a CNC Laser Engraver. To make this picture I have chosen to import an image and trace the lines with the spline tool. The image is extremely detailed so I ended up creating forty-three sketches to make it so I could save my progress at different points as tracing. My predicament is that when I transfer the image to the printing program for the CNC Laser Engraver it comes up in the wrong position so I am seeing the side - so basically just a line - rather than the actual sketch and there is no option to rotate. This is why I ask the question about moving multiple&nbsp;sketches at once from one plane to another. Thank you for your time, thoughts, and answers.</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="This is just showing the workplace and the amount of sketches." style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/597524i7873B71ABCC2BD16/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screenshot1.PNG" alt="This is just showing the workplace and the amount of sketches." /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">This is just showing the workplace and the amount of sketches.</span></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="This is showing how the sketches show up on the printer program." style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/597527i7E57C6D85990056E/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screenshot2.PNG" alt="This is showing how the sketches show up on the printer program." /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">This is showing how the sketches show up on the printer program.</span></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 31 Jan 2019 07:15:41 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/how-to-move-multiple-sketches-at-once-from-one-plane-to-another/m-p/8563025#M196880 Anonymous 2019-01-31T07:15:41Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/how-to-move-multiple-sketches-at-once-from-one-plane-to-another/m-p/8565213#M196881 <P>Hi! I don't think there is a workflow allowing you to consolidate the sketches into one. You probably can edit a sketch, copy, and paste it to a new sketch (in a new file). Repeat the process. The quickest thing I would do is simply export the file to DWG or DXF. Then import it back to Inventor.</P> <P>Another thing you could try is to use AutoCAD Raster Design (or AutoCAD 2019). It helps convert raster image to vectored lines and curves in AutoCAD. Then you can import it back to Inventor. Or use DWG Underlay workflow to bring in the geometry.</P> <P>Many thanks!</P> Thu, 31 Jan 2019 21:18:43 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/how-to-move-multiple-sketches-at-once-from-one-plane-to-another/m-p/8565213#M196881 johnsonshiue 2019-01-31T21:18:43Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/how-to-move-multiple-sketches-at-once-from-one-plane-to-another/m-p/8581186#M196882 <P>Sorry for the late response, Thank you for trying to answer my question. i apreciate your time and effort even if it did not help. Good news is that with my teachers help I found another way to solve the problem I had and everything is solved now.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 07 Feb 2019 20:56:00 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/how-to-move-multiple-sketches-at-once-from-one-plane-to-another/m-p/8581186#M196882 Anonymous 2019-02-07T20:56:00Z