SOLIDWORKS - Assembly Layout Sketch

This video demonstrates how to use a layout sketch in an assembly to control the placement of equipment in a shop.
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[@ruudbremer]

when you create a layout and the initial sketch is on the wrong plane, you can double click the correct plane. This will place the sketch in the correct orientation.

[@tkzsfen]

thanks

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[@d-s-ll2378]

You are in an architecture level, Great job!

[@shadyengineer1988]

Thanks a lot for sharing. Very nice demo.

[@brianleach1392]

You do not actually have to start from scratch if you create a layout on the wrong plane. If you double click the desired plane while in an empty layout sketch, it will change planes (SW14)

[@DrawingBase]

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[@kamalchavda5567]

When i draw a sketch in layout mode, and then when I exit the layout, I cant really see the layout, how are you able to see the layout even after exiting it?

[@ivnvlp]

How did you create the conveyor? I mean, when you changed the lenght, it automatically changed the number of rollers!

[@MartinJacobsonInstruments]

@20forti It's probably a curve-driven pattern, when you set a large number of instances and the distance, it automatically only uses the number of instances needed to fill the length of the curve

[@user-zi8jn1go8k]

Is it possible to have a layout on multiple planes?

[@Nehbur]

Dear sir, thanks for sharing this. A questiob, I've sometimes used sketches in an assembly to position certain objects (layouts) but is there a technical difference between a layout sketch and a normal sketch? It seems to me the workings are exactly the same or are there certain functional advantages that I haven't seen yet?

[@skatchuk]

Good question, I share the same experience. I'm always a little hesitant to use a standard sketch because it lives at the bottom of the feature tree but in reality it appears to make no difference. My understanding is layouts are required when using sketch blocks and top down assembly.