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translating sketch or changing insertionpoint
i use paste to paste a sketch from another part. the problem is it is not at the right position. the help says it inserts at the current insertion point but i can't find any place where it mentions how to change it. (except for blocks with i'd rather not create)
so how can i change the insertion point and/or translate a sketch?
tools->sketch tools->modify
jeff mirisola, cswp, certified driveworks ae
this doesn't work because i don't know the location of the point. i need an absolute translation and not a relative one. (i'd like to move the sketch to a specific point) i sorta need a relation.
basically i need to add a coincident relation between two sketches(or a sketch and 3dsketch) but i can't do this so i need to manually translate.
i'm guessing it would insert at the last clicked position, so try to add the following line before the paste:
part.extension.selectbyid2 "", "nothing", x, y, z, false, 0, nothing, 0
where x, y and z is the position you wish to insert it at.
to get that position from the original sketch is to select the last point you select, and call selectionmgr::getselectionpoint2 to get the model space coordinates.