{"id":182069,"date":"2024-01-10T11:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T11:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/?post_type=topic&#038;p=182069"},"modified":"2024-04-10T12:22:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T12:22:52","slug":"managing-sketches-in-ansys-discovery","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/managing-sketches-in-ansys-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Sketches in Ansys Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"display: flex;\">\n<p><a class=\"discovery-attachments\" href=\"https:\/\/ansys13.ansys.com\/KnowledgeArticles\/Discovery\/Managing%20Sketches%20in%20Discovery.pdf\"><i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\"> <\/i> Managing Sketches<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Ansys Discovery, retaining a sketch is an important step in the design process. When you are working with constraints in your sketch, it&#8217;s important to remember that these constraints are active only in 2D sketch mode. If you switch to 3D mode, the existing constraint data is deleted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-182070 aligncenter\" src=\"\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Retain-Sketch.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Retain-Sketch.png 551w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Retain-Sketch-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Retain-Sketch-24x12.png 24w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Retain-Sketch-36x18.png 36w, https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Retain-Sketch-48x24.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Please refer the attached document for ways to manage and retain sketches in Ansys Discovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-182069","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-3d","topic-tag-3d-design","topic-tag-ansys-discovery","topic-tag-constraints","topic-tag-copy","topic-tag-explore","topic-tag-general-2d","topic-tag-history-tracking","topic-tag-model","topic-tag-parameters","topic-tag-record","topic-tag-refine-stage","topic-tag-retain","topic-tag-save","topic-tag-sketch","topic-tag-sketch-constraint"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_edit_lock":["1712754304:77045"],"_edit_last":["77045"],"filter_by_optics_product":["Lumerical"],"_filter_by_optics_product":["field_64fb192ba3121"],"application_name":[""],"_application_name":["field_64a80903c8e15"],"family":[""],"_family":["field_64a809229a857"],"siebel_km_number":[""],"_siebel_km_number":["field_63ecbffce60db"],"salesforce_km_number":[""],"_salesforce_km_number":["field_63ecc018e60dc"],"km_published_date":[""],"_km_published_date":["field_64c77704499dd"],"product_version":[""],"_product_version":["field_64c776cb4fd2e"],"_bbp_forum_id":["159549"],"_bbp_topic_id":["182069"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.206.193.150"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["0"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["182071"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-04-10 11:56:02"],"_bbp_reply_count":["0"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["0"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["90"],"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":["1"],"_btv_view_count":["4964"],"_wp_old_date":["2024-04-10"],"_bbp_likes_count":["1"]},"test":"solution"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/182069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/182069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182073,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/182069\/revisions\/182073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}