copy sketch

[Yashasvi23481]

Hi All,

  I am using Inventor 2025. I have a requirement where i need to copy sketch containing 16 holes for galvanising vent from 1 plate of size say, 500mm x 500mm to 1000mm x 1000mm centred in middle of plate so if size changes, it still in relation to each other just distance from the edge for 1st will change. Say its 9 holes in pattern of 3rows x 3 columns. 

How can you copy from 1 part to other part. I have used copy sketch earlier but it was on same part. Can you copy across the parts ? Plates are of different sizes but pattern is same. Say on original 500mm x 500mm plate, its centred around X & Y planes, can i place it same using constraint on X and Y on other plate ? I dont want to redraw the holes on every plate. There might be more different size plates in future. I usually create parts or plates using centre rectangle option so all plates have plane in the centre. 

Let me know if there is an quicker way and if copy sketch is applicable across different parts ? 

Regards,

Yash

[SharkDesign · Accepted solution]

Just drag a box around the sketch entities you wish to copy and press ctrl+c, then go to your other file and do ctrl+v

I think you lose the dimensions this way, so you either need to redimension them all, or you can just turn that sketch into a block and they'll be essentially 'grouped' so you only have to dimension one part of the group.

[kacper.suchomski · Accepted solution]

It is better to parameterize such things at the modeling feature level, not the sketch level.