Stand-alone sketches are stored in your model and are independent of any particular part or the assembly. You can create a stand-alone sketch while working in the Sketch module, or you can save the current sketch as a stand-alone sketch while sketching. You can add a stand-alone sketch while creating or editing a feature or a partition, and an added sketch overlays the current sketch so that their origins are coincident.
You use the Sketch module to manage the stand-alone sketches defined in your model. To create, retrieve, copy, rename, and delete stand-alone sketches while working in the Sketch module, use one of the following:
The Create, Edit, Copy, Rename, and Delete items listed under the Sketch menu on the main menu bar. Each item contains a submenu listing all the sketches in the current model.
The Sketch Manager dialog box. The Sketch Manager contains functions identical to those listed under the Sketch menu, but with a convenient browser that lists all the sketches available in the current model. To display the Sketch Manager dialog box, select Sketch
Manager from the main menu bar.
Note: The Sketch menu and the Sketch Manager are available only from the Sketch module. When you are sketching a feature in the Part module, for example, the Sketch menu and the Sketch Manager are not available.
