Sketch Section

The Sketch section provides commands for sketching and modifying entities such as lines, rectangles, and circles.

This page discusses:

Create or Edit Sketch
Creates a new sketch or edits an existing sketch.
See Working in Sketches.
Gesture
Creates primitive lines, arcs, circles, rectangles, and triangles all by freehand on the plane.
See Sketching with Freehand Gestures.
Line
Creates a line.
See Sketching Lines.
Rectangle
See Flyout for Rectangle.
Three Point Arc
See Flyout for Three Point Arc.
Center Circle
Creates a circle defined by its center point and a point on its circumference.
See Flyout for Center Circle.
Ellipse
Creates an ellipse having center point, major diameter, and minor diameter.
See Sketching Ellipses.
Polygon
Creates a Polygon.
See Sketching a Polygon.
Through Point Spline
Creates splines through points.
See Sketching Through Point Splines.
Slot
See Flyout for Slots.
Text
Creates text at any given position along the linear, circular, or noncanonical curve.
See Creating Text.
Point
Creates a sketch point.
See Sketching Points.
Sketch Dimension
Adds dimensions to a sketch.
See Dimensioning a Sketch.
Sketch Fillet
Adds a fillet at the intersection of two sketch entities.
See Filleting Sketch Entities.
Split Entity
Splits selected lines or curves into multiple segments.
See Splitting Sketch Entities.
Trim or Extend
Trims and extends sketch entities.
See Trimming and Extending Sketch Entities.
Transform
Moves, rotates, and scales sketch geometry using the Robot.
See Transform Sketch Entities.
Sketch Offset
Creates a geometry from the selected sketching objects.
See Sketch Offset.
Sketch Mirror
Adds mirrored instances of one or more sketch entities or sketch objects.
See Mirroring Sketch Entities.
Convert Entities
Creates sketch entities in the current sketch from external items such as model edges or entities in another sketch.
See Converting External Geometries and Sketches.
Insert Sketch
Inserts an existing sketch from another model to be part of the current sketch.
See Inserting an Existing Sketch.

Flyout for Rectangle

Rectangle
Creates a rectangle defined by two corner points.
See Sketching Two Corner Rectangles.
Center Rectangle
Creates a rectangle defined by a center point and a corner point.
See Sketching Center Rectangles.
3 Point Corner Rectangle
Creates a rectangle defined by three corner points.
See Sketching Three Point Corner Rectangles.
3 Point Center Rectangle
Creates a rectangle defined by a center point and two corner points.
See Sketching Three Point Center Rectangles.
Parallelogram
Creates a parallelogram defined by three corner points.
See Sketching Parallelograms.

Flyout for Three Point Arc

Three Point Arc
Creates an arc defined by two end points and a point on its circumference.
See Sketch a Three Point Arc.
Center Arc
Creates an arc defined by its center point and two points on its circumference.
See Sketch a Center Arc.
Tangent Arc
Creates an arc defined by a tangent entity and an endpoint.
See Sketch a Tangent Arc.

Flyout for Center Circle

Center Circle
Creates a circle defined by its center point and a point on its circumference.
See Sketch a Center Circle.
Three Point Circle
Creates a circle defined by three points on its circumference.
See Sketch a Three Point Circle.

Flyout for Slots

Centerline Slot
Creates a rectangle defined by two corner points.
See Sketching Centerline Slots.
Midpoint Centerline Slot
Creates a straight slot using the midpoint of a centerline.
See Sketching Midpoint Centerline Slots.
Three-Point Arc Slot
Creates an arc slot using three points along the arc.
See Sketching Three Point Arc Slots.
Center Arc Slot
Creates an arc slot from a centerline of an arc.
See Sketching Center Arc Slots.