After using Offset Plane, how can I confirm the distance from a sketch to the reference plane for an already made sketch?

[pierre4generic]

Hi all. I have been learning about offset planes and setting their distance of several topographic flat area sketches off the selected plane. I messed up and need to examine the offsets of the sketches. How can I measure the distance from the sketch to the reference plane for an already made sketch?

Thx, Pierre

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

Turn the construction plane(s) on that the sketches were created.  If one sketch is on the Origin plane, turn that on also.  You can use the Measure tool to measure between the construction planes.

[wersy · Accepted solution]

Take one point of the sketch and measure to the plane

[davebYYPCU]

Edit the constructed plane’s feature in the timeline, 

the current value is shown, change to required value.

Might help....

[pierre4generic]

I've been trying it out. Does this imply that I would need to know which offset plane in the Construction folder was used before creating the sketch in order to edit it to see the value? If I change the distance, does this also mean that other geometries would be affected by a change in distance in the the PlaneX object in the Construction folder? I think I'll need to spend more time going through some tutorials to get the hang of this.

[jhackney1972]

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@pierre4generic wrote:

I've been trying it out. Does this imply that I would need to know which offset plane in the Construction folder was used before creating the sketch in order to edit it to see the value?

Yes, but the Timeline/Browser will assist you in determining the plane you want to edit or measure to.

If I change the distance, does this also mean that other geometries would be affected by a change in distance in the the PlaneX object in the Construction folder?

All geometry associated with the plane you are editing, sketches, surfaces, etc. will be affected.  All other geometry on other planes will not UNLESS the other construction plane(s) were created with a relationship to the one you are editing.

I think I'll need to spend more time going through some tutorials to get the hang of this.

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[davebYYPCU]

If you have a sketch on the plane, and you reposition the plane, all things dependant on that plane will go with it.

Planes don’t always have sketches on them, 

The Rule no 2 comes in handy for finding which one.

Might help.....

[pierre4generic]

Yep, that worked. My newbie mistake is that I was clicking from the raised sketch to the white surface of the workspace instead of the colored planes at the workspace's origin. Thx!

[pierre4generic]

Thx for the extra details.