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Editing a drawing sheet

You can edit your design directly while viewing the drawing sheet using the tools on the Design tab.

When sketching on a drawing sheet, you can:

• Click within the view boundary with a sketch tool to display a sketch grid.

• Right-click a view and select Use Last Sketch PlaneConstruction geometry consisting of a flat surface. Planes can be used for a 2D sketch, section view of a model, a neutral plane in a draft feature. from the context menu.

• Turn the mouse wheel to select a face of a solid in the drawing sheet when only the edge is displayed.

• Override colors for solids and surfaces. Changing the colors on the drawing sheet does not affect the colors in the design.

To sketch in the active view only

Select Create curves shown only in current view in the Sketch options panel.

Sketched curves appear only in the active view. This function is useful if you want to show multiple design possibilities using the views on your drawing sheet. If you want to work with the sketch curves as design elements, make them visible in your design document.