using sketch tool

[meecenz]

Hi all, new convert from TC here, so far absolutly loving Layerling, but one thing that has me a little stumped, in TC when you use the sketch tool you can see the entire outline of the object you are working on on the sketch plane at multiple depths, which for me is really handy as I mainly use TC for designing 1/16 scale model tanks and i mainly use the sketch tool to overlay hatches, hinges on the main body etc, but with Layerling i can only see the single layerline that the object im working on that is sitting on the work plane which makes it a lot more dificult to orient myself. is it a limitation of layerlng or have i accidently clicked on something?

[henmedia]

@meecenz, welcome, and I'm glad you like it. You haven't clicked anything: this is how layerling works. In the sketch it shows the outline of a body only at the height of the sketch plane. If the plane lies on the side of a body, you see its faint outline there; if the plane cuts through a body, you see the outline of the cut. It does not draw the whole outline of a body seen from above, including the parts higher or lower than the plane, as you describe it for Tinkercad.

Two ways that help with hatches and hinges. Put the workplane on the face of the body where the part goes: the sketch then shows the body's outline on that face, and a point you set close to a corner snaps onto it. Or use the section view to cut through the body at the height you need and click Workplane here: the sketch then starts exactly on the cut and shows its outline. Both are described in the guide: https://layerling.com/guide/sketches.html

Which view do you miss: the whole body seen from above, or the outline at some other height? That tells me what would fit.

If you'd like to support the project, you can do that at https://layerling.com/support.html - it is very welcome.

[meecenz]

hi there,
this is the view im missing, being able to see basically the entire part in sketch rather than just one layerline , helps with tracing around existing work

[henmedia]

@meecenz, thank you for the picture, now I see what you mean, and I built it. In the sketch there is a new button with layers among the view buttons on the left, "Show the parts seen through": it draws all edges of the bodies on the sketch plane, thin and faint, at any height, as if you looked through them. Put the workplane on a front face of the part (the workplane tool, then click the face) and the sketch shows its front view, like your Tinkercad picture. The choice is kept in the browser. It comes with the next release.

[henmedia]

@meecenz, the button Show the parts seen through is in 1.75.0. Reload the page to get it; the installed app needs a restart. Tell me if the view is what you were missing, or what still differs from Tinkercad.

[meecenz]

Hi there team perfect!!!! didnt expect such quick feedback and implimentation. well done.

[henmedia]

@meecenz, glad it is what you needed, and thank you for the picture and for telling me.