Manually Rotate a Plane
Manually Rotate a Plane
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How do I manually rotate a plane about an axis? See attached file.
Things to know about the file:
"Rotate Along Axis1" is the plane I would like to rotate.
"Axis1" is the axis I would like to rotate about.
Thanks,
Things to know about the file:
"Rotate Along Axis1" is the plane I would like to rotate.
"Axis1" is the axis I would like to rotate about.
Thanks,
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2007 SP 5.0
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
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RE: Manually Rotate a Plane
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
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Dell M90, Core2 Duo
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Nvidia 3500M
RE: Manually Rotate a Plane
RE: Manually Rotate a Plane
RE: Manually Rotate a Plane
ctrl+pick "Rotate Along Axis1" & "Axis1" then Insert > Reference Geometry > Plane, then enter the angle you want to rotate the new plane.
Flores
RE: Manually Rotate a Plane
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
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RE: Manually Rotate a Plane
I did try that, and it does work, but the planes view box gets skewed and not parallel to the original plane where it was rotated from. I don't know if I'm explaining this right, so I'll come back a picture in a bit.
takedownca,
Where's the option to rotate abount an axis? I did move the axis up in the tree.
Thanks,
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2007 SP 5.0
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
I'm just a little verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a topic. Pink Floyd, was neither Pink nor Floyd. Discuss!--“Coffee Talk” Mike Myers SNL
RE: Manually Rotate a Plane
If you pick the "Rotate Along Axis1" plane, and choose "normal to" view, you will see the Y axis is going left to right, and the x axis is going up and down. This may be why the new plane is skewed.
Flores