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Use the RMB in Sketcher to get more options than before.

Use the "Constraints" tool (icon) though it stays with the last selected constraint and that can be confusing when you look for it.

You can use Reference dimensions to better see what happens in your sketch.

(Great pity these cannot be set on by default)

Set the "Shade Closed Loops" and "Highlight Open Ends" Sketcher commands on by picking those icons.

Alows you to adjust one or more dimensions at the same time and to lock them so that the shape remains as the overall sizes increases or decreases.

Look at the Modify icon for your sketch.

including radiused corners is generally a good idea for trajectories).

Usual guidelines apply to how complicated you want to make your sketch generally simpler is better but sometimes more complex is needed (e.g.

If I want angles I sketch these at an exaggerated angle and modify the angle dimension parametrically or drag it later.

Orthogonal sketching is easy and you get horizontal and vertical intents.Add centerlines as construction entities as again this helps with intent such as symmetry.Add new references early in the sketch as that helps with alignment of entities in my sketch.Watch for the set up planes as these are usually references I want to use.the changes that were of most relevance to us).īack to the Intent Manager in Sketcher i have some things that I look to do:

If you are interested I can send you the "What's new in WF5 from Wf4" that I made for our company though this has much more than just Sketcher (i.e. WF5 (Creo/Elements Pro) has several enhancements to the sketcher that are a decent improvement too so you amy want to check up on these. I consider it a powerful productivity in my work. Once I was used to it I would never go back. I can't even remember just when I started to use it but it must have been around R 2000i or perhaps R 2001. Not the answer you want to hear but I suggest you "grasp the nettle" and immerse yourself in the sketcher using the Intent manager.