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190 CHAPTER 6 GettinG More froM Your SketcheS

Moving, Rotating, Copying, and Scaling Entities

Move Entities Tool The Move Entities tool enables you to move selected sketch entities by
either selecting From and To points or by entering XY coordinates for the move. When the
Keep Relations Option is unselected, the Move tool automatically detaches sketch segments
whose endpoints are merged, as shown in Figure 6.8. If Keep Relations is selected, SolidWorks
moves the entities and tries to maintain the sketch relations and merged points. All the tools
have a pushpin icon in the interface. You can use the tool multiple times in succession when
the pushpin icon is pushed in; tools with the pushpin are deactivated after one use if the
pushpin icon is not pushed in.

Figure 6.8
using the Move tool

Rotate Entities Tool The Rotate Entities tool rotates selected entities in a sketch in the same
way that Move Entities works. You can drag the angle or enter it manually. The green check-
mark icon is on the RMB, as shown in the cursor display in Figure 6.9.

Figure 6.9
using the rotate tool

Keep Relations Option The Keep Relations option does not actually keep any relations—it
deletes the Horizontal and Vertical relations in the sketch, as shown on the left in Figure 6.8—
but it does keep the merged endpoints, as shown on the right in Figure 6.8. This can be useful,
especially considering how many sketch relations it would take to make a sketch move like
this naturally.