topic Re: Sketch Setup Icon is greyed out during flange wall creation in 3D Part & Assembly Design

Sketch Setup Icon is greyed out during flange wall creation

JD_9876527 — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 14:30:10 GMT

Hello, I am a new user of Creo 8.0.

I am trying to create a sketch for a flange wall in sheetmetal mode.

It will not allow me to change the orientation of the sketch, because Sketch Setup is grayed out.

It doesn't matter if I am defining or redefining the sketch.

Anyone know the secret to accessing this?

Re: Sketch Setup Icon is greyed out during flange wall creation

kdirth — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:12:33 GMT

Creo will always make the sketch plane normal to the selected edge and use the wall to control the X direction.

Re: Sketch Setup Icon is greyed out during flange wall creation

JD_9876527 — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:19:54 GMT

Thanks,

In past versions of Creo (Pro/E) (Creo 1 e.g.), I could access this menu and rotate my sketch, by selecting a different plane for the secondary reference.

I wish I could just rotate my sketching plane in 90 degree increments til I have the orientation that I want (consistent with the design intent or orientation of the part.)

Re: Sketch Setup Icon is greyed out during flange wall creation

remy — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:45:26 GMT

Hi after firing Wildfire 4.0 i was unable to access the Edit > References menu:

Is there something you did differently?

Re: Sketch Setup Icon is greyed out during flange wall creation

JD_9876527 — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:29:57 GMT

Well, I think we are talking about 2 different things. Sketcher references and Sketch Plane Orientation.

In Creo 1 (aka Wildfire 5.0), you could just to go the Sketcher References menu and change references at will. A lot of times, I would select (or deselect) all my references before any lines are drawn. That is probably my usual work flow for sketcher.

Sketch Plane Orientation was a bit trickier, but you could do it. You had to commit to going into the sketch and then go back to the pull-down menus and redefine the Orientation. You could pick a different Datum Plane or Surface for the primary and you could select a different reference for secondary orientation OR just pick a different direction. (So, if you had the "TOP" plane pointing the right, you could change it to the top which rotated your sketcher.)

Re: Sketch Setup Icon is greyed out during flange wall creation

remy — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 07:46:19 GMT

Do you mean this mean:

Browsing : Sketch > References ?
Menus from Wildfire 4

Re: Sketch Setup Icon is greyed out during flange wall creation

MartinHanak — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 12:38:49 GMT

Hi,

you can reorient the model using standard orientation tool - you can select saved view -OR- orient the model by selecting geometric references.

Re: Sketch Setup Icon is greyed out during flange wall creation

JD_9876527 — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:09:53 GMT

Of course, but I would have to do that every time I edit that sketch.

That's probably what I'll end up doing.

Thank you

Re: Sketch Setup Icon is greyed out during flange wall creation

JD_9876527 — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:11:24 GMT

No. Read my reply above.

Sketcher references and the Sketcher Plane orientation are 2 different things (both important).

Appreciate the reply though.

Re: Sketch Setup Icon is greyed out during flange wall creation

JD_9876527 — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:12:34 GMT

In your screen capture, the selection "Sketch Setup.." is the function I am referring to.