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Inventor - How to make projected plane lines shorter when projected into a sketch?

geralJD3XV — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 21:55:26 GMT

Hi everyone,

Normaly I use skeleton modeling where the main dimensions of what i am desiging are defined by planes. Then i derive the relevant planes on the part itself and use them as reference. I noticed that when I project a work plane into a 2D sketch, the resulting projected line always appears much longer than the visible size of the plane.

I understand that because a plane is treated as infinite, Inventor generates a long infinite line — but in my case I only need the projected line to match the visible plane boundary (or a smaller length).

Is there any way to automatically shorten the projected line to the “size” of the plane, or control its length directly? Otherwise in more complex parts, the amount of construtions lines made by the project geometry make working on the part very difficult as you can see in the image.

Thanks!

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Re: Inventor - How to make projected plane lines shorter when projected into a sketch?

johnsonshiue — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 22:46:56 GMT

Hi! How far are the lines to the origin? Does Manage -> Rebuild All help?

Many thanks!

Re: Inventor - How to make projected plane lines shorter when projected into a sketch?

geralJD3XV — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:36:15 GMT

Here is an image with the origin planes selected. The projected lines are far longer than the planes I am projecting. Is it possible to hide construction lines when outside of the sketch? Only show the main lines?

Re: Inventor - How to make projected plane lines shorter when projected into a sketch?

CCarreiras — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:41:05 GMT

Hi!

You can't control the project lines size from a plane or axis.

Re: Inventor - How to make projected plane lines shorter when projected into a sketch?

geralJD3XV — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:02:07 GMT

Why are the lines so long then? Is it possible to at least hide construction lines when out of the sketch? Only show the main sketch lines?

Re: Inventor - How to make projected plane lines shorter when projected into a sketch?

CCarreiras — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:43:59 GMT

Hi!

No, it's not possible. You can't control layers in Inventor sketch.

Re: Inventor - How to make projected plane lines shorter when projected into a sketch?

heather_tracy — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 19:58:37 GMT

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Re: Inventor - How to make projected plane lines shorter when projected into a sketch?

SharkDesign — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:36:56 GMT

You might want to draw a line on the plane and project that instead. I know it's extra work though.