# Sketch not moveable

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketch-not-moveable/36117>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [January 20, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketch-not-moveable/36117 "2025-01-20T00:08:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JuergenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@JuergenS](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JuergenS)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketch-not-moveable/36117/1 "2025-01-20T00:08:14Z")

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Hi there! I am a beginner so this question might be easy for most of you… When I make the rectangle sketch I can not move it. Why is that and how can I make it moveable?

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**Author:** ![SCALEMODEL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketch-not-moveable/36117/2 "2025-01-20T01:16:55Z")

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It was further explained here:

> [@Imaginary Constraints](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/imaginary-constraints/35404/6):
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> The Purple X is the starting point like mentioned and the starting point where things increase or decrease in size. For your example the starting point is also locked to the top left corner. When you draw sketch on a face if your sketch end point/midpoint touches the face’s end or midpoint the sketch will automatically lock at that point. Also if you type in a dimension it’s now locked to that length, if you hover over your dimension you will see a new locked badge which you can click to…

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**Author:** ![JuergenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@JuergenS](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JuergenS)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketch-not-moveable/36117/3 "2025-01-20T07:51:44Z")

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Thanks a lot! I deleted the constraints but did not disconnect the starting point!