Basic Using Sketches Q

[jw.eldredge]

I have a sketch, well defined by constraints and dimensions, that I would like to use as a basis for creating multiple independent bodies. The sketch is a simple parallelogram divided, along its length, into sections. I wish to extrude a solid (body) from each section, and apply different shaping techniques to each body, all without messing up any of the other bodies, or having them interfere with one another.

1. How can this be done?

Can a sketch in one "design" be imported, copy/pasted, whatever it's called, into another "design"?

2. How can this be done?

I am brand new to Fusion360 (obviously) so please bear with me if my questions are too simple. Thank you.

[jhackney1972]

Please attach your model so the Forum users can get an idea what you desire.  If you do not know how to attach your Fusion 360 model follow these easy steps. Open the model in Fusion 360, select the File menu, then Export and save as a F3D or F3Z file to your hard drive. Then use the Attachments section, of a forum post, to attach it.

The answer to Question 1 is YES

[wersy · Accepted solution]

If you select "New Body" for all extrusions, you only need one sketch.
All bodies can then be edited separately from each other.

[wmhazzard]

You can also derive the sketch into as many new designs that you want. 

[jw.eldredge]

Thank you @wersy, that helps with Q1. Obviously I'm new at this, I just selected sections and extruded, causing things to be linked. Dumb newby mistakes. I'm trying to learn how to do things within a "design".

As to Q2, it goes to "different designs". I have a Sketch in Design1. I like it. I want to create Design2 and Design3 and use the Sketch. How would I go about selecting just the Sketch from Design1, and adding it to Design2, and/or Design3?

Kind of a workflow question. 

Thanks again for your answer @wersy. I tried it and it's just the ticket.

[jw.eldredge]

Thank you @wmhazzard. Yeah, that's my Q2. Could you describe how to do that, or point me to a video or community post, or anything, that describes how to do that?

Sorry about seeming obtuse, but you guys speak a totally different language, and it takes a while to learn tense, case, and syntax.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

Please follow the recommendation by @jhackney1972 and share the file.

günther

[wmhazzard]

Check out this Brad Talis video to understand derive. Basically you will click on Derive under the create menu of a saved design and select the sketch that you want to use, that will create a new design with that sketch linked back to the original. That way if you decide to change the original sketch, you will get an update prompt in the new designs. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a21WBwe6UC4 

[jw.eldredge]

Thank you @wmhazzard . Some good thoughts in there. Am getting a good response from tech support for Q2.

Appreciate all the interest. As to @jhackney1972 , et al, thanks for the interest, but I do not think it desirable, necessary, or appropriate, to request a download of proprietary design files in order to answer a simple workflow step question. Since @wersy answered Q1 simply, and directly, I will marked this solved.