circle won't unturn blue?

The forum keeps saying I can't post anything because I'm not a Gold Member? Anyway, the 2d sketching video at 4:37 says to draw a circle. The trainer does so and just moves on no problem. Mine, using the exact same steps, draws the circle and then it just stays blue. I can't get it to do anything else. Esc key, other tools, nothing. The form here won't let me attach images. :(

Hi Geoff,

A blue profile means the sketch isn't fully defined, where a black profile means it is.

Without being fully defined you'll be able to click and drag the profile and move it in someway to see how it is free to move.

With a circle there are 2 areas to think about. The location of centre of the circle (horizontal and vertical) and the size of the circle.

In this example I drop the centre on the origin point, and then I set the diameter of the circle with a dimension. This fully defines it.

If you're missing either of these then it will stay blue. Make sure you are dropping the centre on the origin.

A lot of people will never fully defining sketches, and that usually works out fine, but sometimes it can allow errors to creep in so I recommend trying to fully define a sketch as best practice.

I literally followed your example click for click and it still stays blue. Which means I can't proceed to the next steps you describe. I still don't get what "defined" means.

is the "snap" preference on in your sketch palette? or is the 3D sketch preference turned on?

If you place the centre point of the circle on the origin point and dimension the diameter then it must be fully defined, as there is no possible way that it can move.

Try clicking and dragging a point on the circle or the centre point.

You can upload a screenshot and I'll be able to tell quickly what the issue is

Here is a screenshot of it.

The circle is black. So it's fully defined.

Don't worry about the shaded blue inside, this is just showing the circle forms a closed profile.