Fixing the Rotation of Sketch Pattern Instances In the Linear Sketch Pattern PropertyManager, you can fix the rotation of sketch instances to Direction 1 by selecting Fix X-axis direction under Direction 1. When you select this option, the pattern instances are fixed to Direction 1. Parent topicSketching Related concepts Enabling and Disabling Automatic Solve and Undo for Sketches Instance Limit Removed for Circular Sketch Patterns Mirroring Entities Using Reference Planes and Planar Faces Pen, Touch, and Gesture-based Sketching Smart Dimension on the Context Toolbar Related tasks Controlling the Tangency Direction Creating Mirrored Entities in 3D Sketch