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Before you can master the tools, you need to know where to find them and how to set up your workspace. Accessing the Sketcher is straightforward. From the main menu bar, navigate to . You will then be prompted to select a plane (such as the XY, YZ, or ZX plane) or a planar face on which to draw your sketch.

CATIA V5 provides two distinct methods for initiating a sketch:

Every highly detailed aerospace bracket, automotive chassis, or consumer product model begins its life as a two-dimensional profile within the Sketcher workbench. Mastering these tools is critical for building robust, parametric models that can withstand subsequent design changes without breaking down-stream features. Navigation and Accessing the Sketcher Workbench

Under-constrained. The geometry can still be dragged, moved, or resized. This leaves room for unpredictable design shifts.

Here, we will take a closer look at some of the most commonly used CATIA V5 sketch tools:

Locks lines parallel or at 90 degrees to one another.

The first five global toggles stay visible at all times and control how geometry behaves: