Sketched Datum Curves. What's Up With This?

I have searched the group and think I found the answer to my inquiry.
The pertinient thread is below. I would like to have this confirmed.

TIA
Greg Albert


"The Sketch feature replaces the Sketched Datum Curve. It is similar,
but has a few important differences. First, it autohides after you
use it to create a feature. Also, it disappears from the model tree
after you create a feature with it so you don't have a cluttered mess
of 'Sketch' followed by 'Extrude' all the way down the tree (if you set
the tree filter correctly) - it reappears if you delete the feature so
you can re-use it. It remains associative to the feature unlike WF 1
(this association can be broken if desired).
As for creation, it is just like a sketched datum curve. Pick a plane,
orient it and add the necessary references.
Regards
David Janes Jun 23 2004, 8:45 am"

 

That's all about right except regarding "disappears" and "reappears" we
might be add; it will or it won't depending on how you've set up your tree
filters.

That's all extremely easy to verify, so you might want to voice your
question in the event there's some subtle difference I'm overlooking.

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Good point, but the other point is that this is a new (more conventional? industry
standard?) approach, a new 'work flow', for Pro/e. Make a sketch first, hit
'Extrude' and you get your extrusion. Then modify it in the Dashboard to Thin
protrusion, Cut, Surface, etc. Or just modify the depth dimension. And, yes, when
this feature, based on this sketch, is deleted, the sketch remains. As I've heard,
more like UGNX, SolidWorks, Catia. So nice that there's so little of the formal,
superficial, interface stuff separating all of them. Now, maybe, people can just
make their choices based on substance.

David Janes