The Pen Tools are
available on touch-enabled devices.
Pen
You can access the Sketch Ink CommandManager tab by
right-clicking any CommandManager tab and selecting Sketch Ink.
The Pen
tool activates the pen or stylus
for creating sketches. You can create multiple sketches with multiple Pen-Sketch
nodes within the Pen tool. You can use the multiple
Pen-Sketch nodes to quickly generate concepts within the software. You can then use
the shape recognition tools to trace the sketch and generate real sketch entities,
from which you can create solid or surface geometry.
You can use the Pen tool to customize shape
elements like Color and Thickness. In
this mode, you can use ink strokes to draw your ideas on a sketch plane. The strokes
do not not impact your model and can be suppressed. You can also go back, select
these strokes, and convert them to sketch entities later with the context menu.
Eraser
The Eraser
tool deletes sketch strokes that you created with
the Pen or Touch tools.
The Eraser tool deletes full ink strokes (items that
have color and are not converted to sketch entities) only. You cannot delete partial
strokes. Select Eraser and click any stroke to delete it. It
will not delete sketch entities created with a sketch tool. For example, you enable
the Line tool and try to use the
Eraser tool, you will not be able to use it. It only
works on things created through the Sketch Ink CommandManager.
Select
The Select
tool can select multiple entities
using pen or touch. You can select a pen stroke and delete it, or you can update the
selected stroke to a recognizable shape or a sketch entity. The
Select tool turns your pen from an inking device into a
pointing device. So, you stop making ink strokes, and start selecting and
highlighting.
Auto Shape
The Auto Shape mode converts strokes into the nearest
recognizable shape using a tolerance limit. These shapes include
Line, Point, 3 Point
Arc, Circle, Corner
Rectangle, Ellipse, and
Polygon.
Auto Sketch Entities
The Auto Sketch Entities
mode allows you to draw strokes
on the screen. The software analyzes your strokes and converts your pen strokes into
SOLIDWORKS sketch entities automatically. There is no need to pre-select the kind of
entity you want to draw.