Creating Squares Using Rectangle Tools (2025 SP2)

When using the rectangle tools, you can create squares by pressing Shift while sketching.

To create squares using the rectangle tools:
  1. Open a part or an assembly.
  2. In the FeatureManager design tree, select a plane.
  3. Click Sketch (Sketch toolbar).
  4. Create a corner rectangle:
    1. On the Sketch tab of the CommandManager, click Corner Rectangle .
    2. In the sketch, click to place the first corner.
    3. Press Shift, and then drag and click to create a square.

    The adjacent sides of the square have equal relations.

  5. Create a parallelogram:
    1. Click Parallelogram .
    2. Click to place the first corner
    3. Press Shift and then drag, rotate, and click to specify the length and angle of the first edge.
    4. Continue pressing Shift, and drag and click to specify the angle of the other three edges.
  6. Create a 3 point corner rectangle and enter a value:
    1. Click Options > System Options > Sketch and select Enable on screen numeric input on entity creation.
    2. In the sketch, click 3 Point Corner Rectangle .
    3. Click to place the first corner and drag the cursor.
    4. Enter a value for the size of the square and press Enter.
    5. Press Shift, drag the cursor and click to create the square.