Sketch plane selection in Solidworks - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to select the front plane for sketching.

Solidworks

sketchManager.InsertSketchOnPlane([1])

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AFrontPlane

BTopPlane

CRightPlane

DOrigin

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Selecting TopPlane or RightPlane instead of FrontPlane.

The FrontPlane is the correct plane to start a front view sketch in SolidWorks.

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medium

Complete the code to select the top plane for a new sketch.

Solidworks

sketchManager.InsertSketchOnPlane([1])

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

ATopPlane

BRightPlane

CFrontPlane

DOrigin

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Choosing FrontPlane or RightPlane instead of TopPlane.

The TopPlane is used to create sketches from the top view in SolidWorks.

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hard

Fix the error in selecting the right plane for sketching.

Solidworks

sketchManager.InsertSketchOnPlane([1])

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

ARight_Plane

BRightplane

CRightPlane

DRight Plane

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using incorrect casing or spaces in plane names.

The correct plane name is RightPlane with exact casing and no spaces.

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hard

Fill both blanks to select the origin and start a sketch.

Solidworks

sketchManager.InsertSketchOnPlane([1])
doc.ClearSelection2([2])

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AOrigin

BFalse

CTrue

DFrontPlane

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using True instead of False in ClearSelection2.

Selecting FrontPlane instead of Origin.

Selecting Origin starts the sketch at the origin point. ClearSelection2(False) clears the selection without showing a message.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to select the front plane, start a sketch, and clear selection.

Solidworks

sketchManager.InsertSketchOnPlane([1])
sketchManager.InsertSketch()
doc.ClearSelection2([2])
sketchManager.AddToDB = [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AFrontPlane

BFalse

CTrue

DTopPlane

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using TopPlane instead of FrontPlane.

Using True in ClearSelection2.

Setting AddToDB to False.

Use FrontPlane to start the sketch on the front plane. ClearSelection2(False) clears selection silently. Setting AddToDB = True adds the sketch to the document database.