Cannot select external geometry

[exsolvespacer]

In the attached file, I open Sketch048 and find that it is impossible to select any external geometry. What am I doing wrong?

Sometimes FreeCAD crashes when I open Sketch048. Any help much appreciated. Thanks.

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Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 2022.111.28429 (Git) AppImage
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Branch: LinkStage3
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[C4e]

What am I doing wrong?

Maybe nothing, but I've learnd to activate a Body first. -> double click the Body to activate it.

Then open Sketch 48 and use External geometry function and copy external geometry. This works for all Pads, the Fillet and the Pockets in your file. The Pocket 'Pocket-enlarge-tractor-rope-slot' is the current one and can't be used as External geometry.

[chrisb]

Activating the body shouldn't be necessary. As C4e said, you have probably tried to reference the Pad Pocket-enlarge-tractor-rope-slot itself. Although it is currently the same as its predecessor, you cannot reference anything from it.

Although you use the Link branch which suffers less from the TNP, I recommend nevertheless to reference Sketches and not solids. That would avoid the problem you are facing altogether.

[bambuko]

Problem is the last pocket.
It is pocketing nothing from the body, hence you are not allowed to do external geometry.
Operator error indeed.
Edit the last pocket, delete the last pocket or else and everything is back to normal

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[exsolvespacer]

Shame that it doesn't automatically select a body when you select a sketch. Thanks for spotting this operator error.

I'll aim to reference sketches (by making them individually visible first?) in future rather than bodies.

I think it is confusing that the result from the last pocket is visible despite me editing the sketch from that pocket so I will not feel guilty about that.

[chrisb]

Shame that it doesn't automatically select a body when you select a sketch.

It does so in master.

(by making them individually visible first?)

yes

I think it is confusing that the result from the last pocket is visible despite me editing the sketch from that pocket so I will not feel guilty about that.

You can control the visibility in Preferences>Sketcher>Display

[exsolvespacer]

It does so in master.

Do you mean the RT branch or the main branch?

You can control the visibility in Preferences>Sketcher>Display

Ah, I see the setting "Show objects that the sketch is attached to" which I have disabled. Thanks.

[chrisb]

It does so in master.

Do you mean the RT branch or the main branch?

We call it master, you call it main branch. It's not really a branch; it's, well, master.

[exsolvespacer]

It does so in master.

Do you mean the RT branch or the main branch?

We call it master, you call it main branch. It's not really a branch; it's, well, master.

Understood, but basically this is fixed in the "normal" branch of FreeCAD that most people use.

[bambuko]

Shame that it doesn't automatically select a body when you select a sketch. Thanks for spotting this operator error.

I'll aim to reference sketches (by making them individually visible first?) in future rather than bodies.

I think it is confusing that the result from the last pocket is visible despite me editing the sketch from that pocket so I will not feel guilty about that.

You totally misunderstood what I was saying
I guess my fault - was never very good at explaining...

Your last pocket is corrupted. You have pocketed it in a wrong direction, resulting in no pocket.
"result from the last pocket" is NOT visible
I have shown it by editing the pocket (which in RT makes it visible) to demonstrate the error.