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antondroid
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reusing sketches for the next features.

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i had modeling the loft, and decided to reuse it's 1st and 2nd section to continue creating the features.

at f had used 1st section and pad, and all works fine, then i had prompted to pad the 2nd section, and it same worked, after i reverced pad direction, just all the previous feature has dissapeared, but if make it visible, the last feature has dissapeared in turn.

so, i had new copy of the 2nd section, but it same not work, and even don't attachable nor to the existed plain 8.1, nor to the plane8.1 copy.

after that i had checked, was the same problem for copy, but find the lot of the questions, how to reuse,
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 10&p=53635
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=51076 and so much more,
and i had checked, that i had made like in the topics was mentioned above.
and had repeated with the different planes - same planes or their copy.


so, i decided for a while to create the new sketch (but with the same result - they are visible in turn only) ,
but may be somebody can to suggest, what is the mistake in these actions was made?

or, maybe how to switch they visible on together, i tried to find this in search, but didn't find something.

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Re: reusing sketches for the next features.

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In the loft sketches you must make them in the same order inside rectangle then outside rectangle in both sketches.

If you look carefully at the loft you can see it crosses over in the middle.
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antondroid
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Re: reusing sketches for the next features.

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Bance wrote: Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:42 pm In the loft sketches you must make them in the same order inside rectangle then outside rectangle in both sketches.

If you look carefully at the loft you can see it crosses over in the middle.
thanx for your suggestion, it works, while i had didn't meet such a requirement to create shapes in special order in my other CAD before..

but i steel wondered to know, why my sketch copy didn't attached to the plane 8.1level001?
where is my mistake did?
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Re: reusing sketches for the next features.

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antondroid wrote: Sat Aug 13, 2022 4:22 pmin my other CAD before
This is not other CAD, if you prefer that then use it, otherwise learn how to use FC.
antondroid wrote: Sat Aug 13, 2022 4:22 pmbut i steel wondered to know, why my sketch copy didn't attached to the plane 8.1level001?
I don't understand, the sketch is attached.....
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Re: reusing sketches for the next features.

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antondroid wrote: Sat Aug 13, 2022 4:22 pm ...
thanx for your suggestion, it works, while i had didn't meet such a requirement to create shapes in special order in my other CAD before..
Are you using "my other CAD before" or FreeCAD? ;)
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antondroid
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Re: reusing sketches for the next features.

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Bance wrote: Sat Aug 13, 2022 5:02 pm
This is not other CAD, learn how to use FC.
thanx, i removed all and changed the shapes order after that all works.

just while i had read about these feature,
https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Part_Loft https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Part_Loft_Technical_Details

i didn't find any mentions about the shapes order, would you like to explain, does it documented in any other place,

or just it because of your experience? i mean, where i need get information except the source, mentioned above?

and would you like to explain, how you can to discovered, that one shape was made earlier, than the others?
(i had saw sketch properties, but didnt find differences between shapes info. )
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Re: reusing sketches for the next features.

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The details to which you refer are for Part Loft not PartDesign Loft, which can be found here

in particular I refer you to the notes.

Not experience just look in the correct place.
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Re: reusing sketches for the next features.

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thanx,

just there are similar workbenches with almost similar functions.

and i had searched just 'LOFT', next time i''ll be take in mind, that need prompt workbench too.
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Re: reusing sketches for the next features.

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You are welcome.

You might take a look here for some explanation of the differences...

Part and PartDesign
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