Changing part orientation
Changing part orientation
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Hi, I have a part which needs to be oriented a certain way relative to the x,y,z axes. I know that reorienting the part would be easy in assembly mode, but I don't want to do it in assembly mode for various reasons.
Is there an easy way to do it in the "part editing" mode that I am not thinking of?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Is there an easy way to do it in the "part editing" mode that I am not thinking of?
Thanks in advance for any help.






RE: Changing part orientation
You can also re-define the sketch planes to change the design orientation.
If you have a particular way you usually view the part then create a template part that is the way you want it.
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RE: Changing part orientation
Yeah, its not just the view I want to change. Maybe I wasn't descriptive enough. Let me try again.
Say I look at this part from the top view. The way the dimensions are, "right" on the screen is +x, "down" on the screen is +z and "into" the screen is -y. I need it so that, from this same top view, sw's +x stays the same, sw's +z becomes -y coord's, and sw's -y becomes -z coord's.
Make sense?
RE: Changing part orientation
You will have to reedit the sketches to certain planes. You can do this, but I would rollback and do each sketch and feature separately. this way you are not overwhelmed with Cherries all at one time.
Also you could just try setting up a COrrdiante system and use that instead of the Origin.
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Scott Baugh, CSWP
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RE: Changing part orientation
thanks for the help
RE: Changing part orientation
Its extremely simple.
RE: Changing part orientation
RE: Changing part orientation
Thanks for the input though.