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How do you stop 2D sketches from being deleted when you extrude?

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How do you stop 2D sketches from being deleted when you extrude?

Anonymous
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I'm trying to make a steering wheel design for my coursework assignment and I've drawn the basic outline, but I can't extrude a part of the sketch without it deleting the other sketches.

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andrewdroth
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It's not being deleted rather it's visibility is turned off. It can be consumed by the feature, you just need to expand the extrusion in the browser to see the sketch node.

 

You can right click and turn visibility back on. 

 

You can also disable the application option that turns the visibility off when creating a feature.

 


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mcgyvr
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As stated its just being hidden under (Consumed by) the feature..

If you want to use a single sketch for multiple features/extrusions then you can right click on the sketch in the model browser and select "Share Sketch" to allow it to be used by multiple features.

 



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JDMather
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@Anonymous wrote:

... for my coursework assignment ...


Didn't your instructor give instruction on how to use Inventor before giving an assignment?


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