About the Sketch Dialog Box
Click
Model >
Sketch to open the
Sketch dialog box and shortcut menus.
Sketch Dialog Box
The Sketch dialog box contains the following tabs:
• Placement
◦ Plane reference collector—Displays the sketch plane reference.
◦ Use Previous button—Uses the sketch plane and orientation settings of the last created sketch.
◦ Flip button—Toggles the sketch orientation between the two sides of the sketch plane.
◦ Reference collector—Displays a plane normal to the sketch plane to orient the view of the sketch plane to the computer screen normal axis.
◦ Orientation list—Orients the direction the reference plane faces to the Right, Left, Top, or Bottom.
• Properties
◦ Name box—Sets a name for a feature.
◦ —Displays detailed component information in a browser.
◦ Add cross-hatching check box—Displays cross hatching for closed sections.
▪ Scale—Sets the scale for the cross hatching.
▪ Angle—Sets the angle for the cross hatch lines.
Shortcut Menus
Right-click the graphics window when the Sketch tab is open to access shortcut menu commands. The commands available depend on the type of entity selected.
• Delete
• Copy
• Cut
• Paste
• Construction
• Properties
• Lock or Unlock
• Move & Resize
• Horizontal
• Vertical
• Perpendicular
• Parallel
• Coincident
• Midpoint
• Tangent
• Equal
• Geometry
When no entity is selected, the following commands are available:
• Hide entity locks or
Show entity locks
• References
• Line
• Rectangle
• Circle
• 3-Point / Tangent End
• Centerline
• Fillet
• Dimension
• Section Orientation > Set horizontal reference
• Section Orientation > Set vertical reference
• Section Orientation > Restore section orientation
• Section Orientation > Flip section orientation
• Section Orientation > Flip sketching plane