Quick Tip: How to Copy & Paste a Sketch | Autodesk Fusion 360

For this quick tip we will answer the question “How can I copy and paste a sketch in Fusion 360.” We&break up this answer into two parts: 1. How to copy sketches onto the clipboard 2. How to paste them into a new or existing sketch To copy a sketch or any sketch elements onto the Fusion 360 clipboard is very easy, and there are multiple ways of doing it. First, you can select the sketch entities in the graphics window using either a window select or holding CTRL while selecting the sketch entities you want to copy. You can also select the sketches in the browser tree or the timeline. Notice that when selecting your sketches, you don’t have to limit it to sketch entities in only one sketch. You can copy from multiple sketches and you don’t even need to be in a sketch to use the copy command. After you have selected the sketches or sketch entities, you want either right-click and select Copy or hold down CTRL + C on your keyboard. To paste these sketches into a new sketch, you first must either enter an existing sketch or start a new sketch. If you try and paste without being in a sketch nothing will happen. Once you are in a sketch either right-click and select paste, or hold down CTRL + V on your keyboard. CONNECT with Fusion 360 on social media: LISTEN to the Fusion 360 podcast "The New Possible":