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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Sketch planes</div>
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      <p class="para_topic"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/rule2.gif" border="0"> Row 1, Column 1<img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/rule2.gif" border="0"></p><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap646"></a><a name="qt_mm_1_1"></a><dl>
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            <p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_new.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Create Part</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">Create a new .prt file, start the Modeling application, then create a <b class="uiTerm">Datum CSYS</b>.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-new.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">New</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Standard</b> toolbar) or <b class="uiTerm">File</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">New</b> 
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-datumcsys.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Datum CSYS</b>  (<b class="uiTerm">Feature</b> toolbar) or <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Datum/Point</b>&rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Datum CSYS</b></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">Sketch on any of the <b class="uiTerm">Datum CSYS</b> planes, as you would with the I-deas BORN coordinate system.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/03topic_4.html');return(false);">.prt files</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_11.html');return(false);">Create a .prt file</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_21.html');return(false);">Datum features</a></p>
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap647"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_sip.gif" border="0"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_sow.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Sketch in Place</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Sketch on Workplane</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-sketch.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Sketch</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Feature</b> toolbar) or <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Sketch</b> 
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               <li class="condense">Pick a face or a datum plane.</li>
               <li class="condense">Pick a horizontal axis. (I-deas does not allow you to define this axis, but uses the face &ldquo;S and T&rdquo; coordinates instead.)</li>
               <li class="condense">After completing the sketch press the <b class="uiTerm">Finish</b> button. 
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_sketch_complete.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Finish</b></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">Sketches created outside of a command such as <b class="uiTerm">Extrude</b> are shown as separate features in the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b> until you make them internal to a feature, similar to how I-deas features absorb sketches. At any time, you can make a sketch internal or external to a feature. Use external sketches where the sketch is used in more than one feature.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_16.html');return(false);">Creating sketches</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_21.html');return(false);">Datum features</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Modeling &rarr;  Creation Tools &rarr;  Sketcher
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Sketcher &rarr; Tutorials
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap648"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_sop.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Sketch on Path</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">When you create a sketch, select either <b class="uiTerm">sketch in place</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Sketch on Path</b>. <b class="uiTerm">Sketch on Path</b> option include <b class="uiTerm">Normal to Path</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Normal to Vector</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Parallel to Vector</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Through Axis</b>.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">You can also create datum planes along part edges to create multiple sketches for free form features:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Create datum planes.</p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-datumplane.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Datum Plane</b></p>
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                        <p class="para_defMeaning">Create a datum plane using the <b class="uiTerm">Point and Direction</b> method to position the plane at a given point.
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Sketch on the datum planes.</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Copy sketches between datum planes using <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_40.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Copy</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Paste</b></a>.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_21.html');return(false);">Datum features</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0">Design &rarr; Sketcher &rarr; Sketcher Basics &rarr; Sketch in Place
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Sketcher &rarr; Tutorials
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap649"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_cr_comp.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Create Component</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">This command does not have an exact equivalent in NX. Suggested equivalent processes would include:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Use <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_40.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Copy</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Paste</b></a> to copy features with associativity within a part or between part files.
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Use <b class="uiTerm"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_28.html');return(false);">WAVE Geometry Linker</a></b> to associatively copy geometry from one .prt file to another.
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Use <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_29.html');return(false);">Body Promotion</a> to create an associative derivative part.
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               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Create a separate solid body in the .prt file to use &ldquo;bushy&rdquo; modeling techniques</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_40.html');return(false);">Copy and Paste</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_31.html');return(false);">Boolean operations</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_26.html');return(false);">Interpart Relations</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_28.html');return(false);">WAVE Geometry Linker</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/07qt_assemblies_29.html');return(false);">Derivative parts</a></p>
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