Check Sketch for
Feature Usage
Check a sketch for errors that
might prevent it from creating a feature.
For each Feature usage type, its required
sketch Contour type
is displayed. If you select a new Feature
usage type from the list, the corresponding Contour
type changes. Each Contour type
forces a different set of checks on the sketch in addition to the general
checks that are common to all contour types.
To check a sketch for feature usage:
In an open sketch, click Tools, Sketch Tools,
Check Sketch For Feature.
In the dialog
box, Feature usage lists all of
the ways to use the sketch in a feature:
If the sketch was used to create a feature, the
feature type is displayed in Feature
usage.
If the sketch was not used to create a feature,
<none> is displayed in Feature usage and the contour is checked
for errors that are common to all contour types.
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Click Check.
The sketch is checked according to the contour type required by
the feature type listed in the Feature
usage box. If the sketch passes the checks, a No
problems found message appears. If there is an error, a message
describes the error and, if appropriate, the error is highlighted. It
finds one error for each check.
To check your sketch for possible use in other
feature types, select another type in Feature
usage and click Check.
Click Reset
to return to the original Feature usage
type.
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Click Close.
Alternatively, the dialog box closes automatically
when you exit the sketch, rebuild, change to a new document, and so on.