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Trouble creating the right datum

Trouble creating the right datum

Trouble creating the right datum

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Hey guys.  I'm new here and I'm not too handy with Wildfire.  The attached picture is my commercial series front stand that I make and sell at my site www.redlinestands.com  I'm trying to change my Pro E assembly but I can not seem to get the change made that I must make.  Currently my drawing has my round tubing handle set at 90 degrees to my uprights as you can see.  I'm trying to change that to about 80 or so degrees.  This will ultimately raise the end of the handle up off the ground so that while it's sitting on the ground there will then be room for your fingers to grip the end of the handle.  I've been trying to create an angled datum where the handle connects to the uprights.  I figure if I can set this datum at 10 degrees offset from it's mating surface then I can use this datum to align it to my uprights and thus change the angle that the handle welds to the uprights.  Sound confusing?  If you think you can help please feel free to ring me at 901-351-4764 and we'll discuss.  Any help is MUCH appreciated.

Ian
Redline Engineering

RE: Trouble creating the right datum

What you are trying to create is an Offset Datum Plane (angular). For creating this plane, you first need 2 other references. First, the current (horizontal?) plane can act as the offset from constraint. You also need a datum axis (or existing edge, but I didn't see one that looked like it would work). This axis will act as the piviot point for the datum to be angled around.

To create the new datum plane, begin the plane creation as normal, select the axis as the first reference and ensure the constraint is 'through', then ctrl+click the reference plane. Pro-E should default to an angular offset and you would just need to enter the 10 deg angle you mentioned.

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