Time Saving Tricks Using Sketches Part 3

TriMech Marketing

15 Sep, 2020 05:04 PM

Copy / Paste: Use this just like you would any other copy/paste function in Windows. To copy and paste a sketch in SOLIDWORKS just preselect the sketch then hit copy and then choose the face or plane to locate the copy and then hit paste to add it.

1. Step 1:

   Access your Cut, Copy and Paste feature by going to Edit on your toolbar.

   

   
   

   
   

2. Step 2:

   Choose the plane to locate the copy and click Paste. Easy as that. Just like tool in Windows.

   

   
   

   This isn’t a linked copy where the dimensions are synced like a derived sketch, this simply adds a non-parametric copy of the sketch.

   Learn more about the copy and paste feature in SOLIDWORKS and other ways to recreate your sketches by watching the full tutorial here.