How to Draw the Diagonal of a Cube

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Hello

Can you please clarify.

I don't see any difficulty in creating a diagonal line of a cube, just go to 3D sketching.

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Hello

Yes, or create a diagonal plane and draw the diagonal, but it will be much longer.

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Hello.

You can also create a plane that goes through three points  and on this plane create a sketch and you make your line with the two points that form your diagonal.

You can also create a reference geometry, an axis that goes through two points  to make your diagonal.

Good luck^^ 

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Hello

You can create a plane from the "Insert > Geometry" menu, then create a plane passing through 3 points: 3 vertices of the cube. Then, we draw the diagonal in this plane.

Otherwise, you can indeed use 3D sketches, see this tutorial:

http://openclassrooms.com/courses/apprenez-a-utiliser-solidworks/les-esquisses-3d-et-les-courbes-projetees

Or this video:

http://tuto.elephorm.com/formation-solidworks/creation-d-esquisse-3d

 

Note: if the goal is to measure distance, you can simply use the measure tool:

http://help.solidworks.com/2012/French/SolidWorks/sldworks/HIDD_MEASURE.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W53jDm8YAo

 

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Don't worry, Coyote's technique is the + simple and the + fast. ;)

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