The commands and concepts referenced here apply when working with sketches.
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Automatically lock the sketch plane for a new sketch. |
With any 2D sketching command active, position the cursor over a principal plane on a coordinate system, a planar face, or reference plane, then click to position the first point of the 2D wireframe element. |
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Manually lock the sketch plane for a new sketch. |
With any 2D sketching command active, position the cursor over a principal plane on a coordinate system, a planar face, or reference plane, pause the cursor, then press F3 or click the lock symbol (A).
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Manually lock the sketch plane for an existing sketch. |
Position the cursor over an unlocked sketch entry in PathFinder, then right-click Lock Sketch Plane. |
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Manually unlock the sketch plane for the current sketch. |
Position the cursor over the locked plane indicator symbol (A) in the top-right of the graphics window, then click the indicator symbol to unlock the command plane.
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Manually unlock the sketch plane for an existing sketch. |
Position the cursor over a locked sketch entry in PathFinder, then right-click Lock Sketch Plane. |
Tip:
When you lock the sketch plane manually, it remains locked until you manually unlock it, or you construct a feature using the sketch.
When the sketch plane is locked automatically, it is automatically unlocked when you right-click to restart the current command or start another command.
