Moving an imported pre made sketch around the drawing area.

In an attempt to re-use a previously made sketch and after importing
this sketch by way of cut and paste, what is the procedure to move
the sketch around and place it exactly where I want it in on the
plane, if I want to extrude it, for example, or if I import it and
want to position it exactly where I want it on a part allready
extruded, to extrude cut it? RMB does not offer any options as a new
sketch would.

Thank you for your response,
G. De Angelis

Valhalla Grafix LTD
(401) 749-1209 www.valhallagrafix.com

 

Have you tried turning the sketch entities into a block? You can also
highlight the whole sketch, then hold the CTRL key will LMC an end
point on the sketch. This will allow you move the sketch in unison,
but sometimes only works properly the first time and no time after
that. What else have you tried?

Matt Lorono
http://sw.fcsuepr.com

 

I will sometimes use a derived sketch for this. I'll past the sketch
on one of the main planes, then I select it and the plan I want to put
the sketch on, then go to the insert pulldown where you'll find
"Insert Derived Sketch". This forces an exact copy of the original
sketch to be placed on the new plane. Because it doesn't allow you to
make any changes to the derived sketch it moves the sketch around as a
single entity. Once I'm done placing it with relations I usually fix
all the entities, then exit the sketch, underive it from the right-
click menu, and finally delete the original.

I usually only do this for large sketches. I've used the Ctrl key
trick that fcsuper mentioned: select entities, hold Ctrl, start to
drag, then while still holding the left mouse button release the Ctrl
key to change the "copy" to a "move". The problem I sometimes run
into with this is if the sketch has some short line segments I've had
it shift some of the end points around.

I like the idea of trying to make it a block before you move it
around. I might try that first next time instead of the derived
sketch method.

Rory

 

Actually there is one easier way if this is on a drawing. Simply
create an empty drawing view and copy the sketch into that. You can
then move the view around and the sketch moves with it.

Matt Lorono
http://sw.fcsuper.com

 

<Have you tried turning the sketch entities into a block? You can
also >
<highlight the whole sketch, then hold the CTRL key will LMC an end >
<point on the sketch. This will allow you move the sketch in
unison,>
<but sometimes only works properly the first time and no time after>
<that. What else have you tried? >


Actually I have tried converting the sketch to a block with
Tools>Block>Make, with no results. I get this message: "The item on
the clipboard cannot be pasted here". It is evident that I do not have
enough knowlege of using blocks at the level that I am at.

I did try the CTRL key method, and it seems to work OK, for which I
thank you.
Thank all of you Gentlemen for your response.

G. De Angelis
Vallhala Grafix LTD

www.vallhalagrafix.com