Sketching a Line in Sheet Metal

  1. Select the Sheet Metal tab.
  2. Click Line in the Sketch group or press L.
  3. (Optional) Click the Profile option if you want to create walls as you sketch.
  4. Click to set the first point of the line.
    You can dimension the points relative to other sketch objects.
  5. Click to set the next points of the line.
    If you want any section of the line to be an arc, right-click and select Switch to Arc, then click to set the radius. Right-click and select Switch to Line to return to drawing straight lines between points. You must create at least one line segment before using this option.
  6. End the line:

    • Double-click to set the end point of the line.

    • Right-click and select Finish Line.

    • Press Esc.

    • Connect the end point to the start point.

    • Click any tool (except the Clipboard and Orient tools).

To do it faster, click and drag to draw one straight line.

This example shows the sketching of a polyline using the Profile Sheet metal option.