The Sketcher tools

You can access all the Sketcher tools through either the main menu bar or the toolbox. Figure 1 shows the hidden icons for all the tools in the Sketcher toolbox.

Related Topics
Basic Sketcher concepts
Using the Sketch module
Figure 1. The Sketcher toolbox.

To see a tooltip containing a brief definition of a Sketcher tool, hold the mouse over the tool for a moment. For information on using toolboxes and selecting hidden icons, see Using toolboxes and toolbars that contain hidden icons.

The Sketcher tools allow you to do the following:

  • Create basic sketch entities, such as lines, circles, arcs, ellipses, fillets, and splines.

  • Add construction geometry to help you position and align sketch entities.

  • Add constraints, dimensions, and parameters to control your sketch geometry and add precision.

  • Translate, rotate, scale, or mirror sketch geometry.

  • Drag, trim, extend, split, or merge sketch entities.

  • Create similar objects by offsetting, creating linear patterns, or creating radial patterns.