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Horizontal and Vertical reversed when sketching on work planes

Horizontal and Vertical reversed when sketching on work planes

Horizontal and Vertical reversed when sketching on work planes

(OP)
Does any body know why the following happens and if there is a way around it or a setting that can be changed?

When sketching on a work plane, even if the Y-axis is up, using horizontal or vertical constraints end up reversed. I commonly constrain my sketch to the projected origin using horizontal & vertical point-to-point constraints. I gets real annoying when you do it only to find out they are reversed.

RE: Horizontal and Vertical reversed when sketching on work planes

I just make the lines colinear or coincident to X & Y instead of vert and horizontal.

RE: Horizontal and Vertical reversed when sketching on work planes

(OP)
I understand what you are saying BOPman but I don't believe it will work to center a rectangle on the origin. Colinear and coincident won't work with the midpoint of a sketched line unless I am missing something.

RE: Horizontal and Vertical reversed when sketching on work planes

One of the easiest ways to center a rectangle about the origin is to draw a diagonal construction line from corner to corner and then use a coincident constraint from the midpoint of the construction line to the origin.

RE: Horizontal and Vertical reversed when sketching on work planes

Or even easier would be to use the 'symmetric' constraint. Just make both horizontal lines symmetric about the X axis and both vertical lines symmetric about the y axis.

luv2bild, you should be able to use coincident on the midpoint of a sketched line. Pick the midpoint first, then select the line you want it coincident to.

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