External geometry vs Shape Binder vs Carbon Copy

[lrochfort]

Hi all,

Could somebody please explain the difference between the external geometry, shape binder, and carbon copy tools, and give examples of when you'd use one rather than the other?

Many thanks.

[HarryGeier]

In brief:

external geometry.. INSIDE a single Body , avoid referencing edges of features, rather reference sketch elements.Use when referencing few objects from one ore more previous sketches.
carbon copy: Use when referencing and directly using several elements from previous sketches. Cannot reference feature edges . Can copy across bodies and across planes .
Shapebinder: Use to reference elements from other bodies. Can reference nearly everything into new body but cannot directly be used ( as a carbon copy would be ) .

I describe in some of my latter videos..

[openBrain]

Hi,
I remember this topic has been discussed several times on the forum. You can probably get useful information using the search.