Create a New Plane Sketch

You can add a new sketch in several different ways. Find out more about the different ways via the following links.

New Sketch to a Default Plane

  • One of the following can be selected as the sketching plane:
    • Horizontal (XY) plane.
    •  Vertical (XZ) plane.
    • Lateral (YZ) plane.

New Sketch to an Auxiliary Plane

  • One of the following can be selected as a sketch plane:
    • Face on an auxiliary plane.
    • A plane parallel to an auxiliary plane at the desired distance.
    • A plane at an angle with respect to an auxiliary plane.
    • A plane defined freely with offsets and rotations in relation to an auxiliary plane.

New Sketch to a Planar Face

  • One of the following can be selected as a sketch plane:
    • The selected face.
    • A plane parallel to the selected face at the desired distance.
    • A plane at an angle with respect to the selected face.
    • A plane defined freely with offsets and rotations in relation to the selected face.

New Sketch to a Curved Face

  • One of the following can be selected as a sketch plane:
    • The selected face.
    • A plane parallel to the selected face at the desired distance.
    • A plane at an angle with respect to the selected face.
    • A plane defined freely with offsets and rotations in relation to the selected face.

New Sketch to a Line

  • One of the following can be selected as a sketch plane:
    • By default, the sketch plane is placed in the middle of the line.
    • The location of the sketch plane on the line can be defined either as a relative or absolute distance from the start or end point of the line.

New Sketch to a User-specified Plane

  • A sketching plane can be defined as follows:
    • With three points.
    • With a line and a point.
    • With a face and a point.

New Sketch to Reference Geometry

These options are available when a part is selected for editing in an assembly with other parts (the part shown in gray in the image).

  • A sketching plane can be defined as follows:
    • To a face of auxiliary geometry.
    • To a line of auxiliary geometry.
    • To a plane formed by the three points selected from auxiliary geometry.