The Sketcher Toolbar

Access: Either:

Click the Sketcher button from the toolbar.
Right-click in the graphic area and select Sketcher from the popup submenu.
Select Curves > Sketcher from the menu bar.

Select a sketcher plane before you can start sketching.

The Sketcher toolbar is now displayed to the right of the display area.

The Sketcher (2D Drawing) Toolbar is located on the right side of the Cimatron window and is used to manipulate view geometry as well as to add 2D geometry to existing views.

The Sketcher toolbar is displayed after you have accessed the Sketcher and selected the 2D Sketcher Plane. Toolbar buttons are available for every Sketcher function and option.

To exit an option, you can:

Click another button
Press exit, returning to Select mode.
Deselect the button, returning to Select mode.

Note: For the Trim function, pressing exit will return you to the function you were using last, not necessary to Select mode. For instance, if you are creating an arc and then enter Trim, when you are finished trimming and press exit, you will return to the Arc function.

The Sketcher toolbar consists of the following:

Select Entities

Select entities.

Rectangle

Create a rectangle with square or rounded corners.

Line

Create a line.

Circle

Create a circle.

Polygon

Create N-sided shapes to form an equilateral polygon.

Create a slot shape.

Create a dimension.

Create a point.

Create a point at the center of the bounding box of selected entities.

Create an arc.

Create an ellipse.

Create a spline.

Create or select a symmetry line and enter into symmetry mode.

Corner

Create a sharp, round, or chamfer corner between curves.

Offset

Offset curves.

Mirror

Mirror selected entities about a line.

Copy / Move & Rotate

Copy, move and rotate selected entities.

Dynamic Trim

Trim line or curve portions that are cut by 2 other entities.

Trim / Split Extend

Trim, split and extend one or more curves with a selected curve or a point.

Add Geometry

Add selected entities as actual geometry in the sketch.

Add Reference

Add selected entities as reference entities in the sketch.

Add Constraints

Create constraints between entities.

Reference Mode

Create construction geometry to be used as reference.

Turn to Reference

Turn reference entities to geometry and vice versa.

Sketcher Tools

Display additional sketcher tools.

The following options are available:

	Load Sketch	Load an SKF file into the existing sketch.
	Save Sketch	Save the existing sketch to an SKF file.
	Constraint Filter	Define which constraints will be highlighted and created automatically.
	Show Open Points	Show open end points of curves that are not connected to other curves.
	Close Points	Close the gap between open end points of curves by modifying the curves.
	Auto Reference - Allow	Allow the Sketcher to take automatic references (taken for visible entities without adding them as references).
	Auto Reference - Show	Show automatic references (taken for visible entities without adding them as references).
	Delete Constraints and Relations	Delete all dimensional and geometrical constraints and relations.
	Show Constraints	Show all the constraints in the entire sketch.
	Show Immediate Constraints	Show constraints that will be formed when creating new geometry, next to the cursor.
	Edit Sketch orientation	Change the X and Y directions of the sketch.

Delete

Delete the selected item.