Coordinate System in SolidWorks
Coordinate System in SolidWorks
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I have been an active Pro E user for many years and new to Solidworks. I am currently trying to create a coordinate system. In Pro E you can create a coordinate system off of an existing coordinate and you can also rotate the new cs in x, y or z. Can this be done in SolidWorks without having to create a plane or some other type of reference geometry and just using an existing coordinate system?






RE: Coordinate System in SolidWorks
RE: Coordinate System in SolidWorks
-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
RE: Coordinate System in SolidWorks
Are you trying to re-orient the model? If so, after creating the new CS, save the part as a Parasolid naming the CS as the output CS. When opening the Parasolid back into SW, the new CS will be the default. The downside to this method is that a dumb solid is created.
An alternative is to use the Orientation (spacebar) function to 'exchange' axes orientation, but although 'permanent' can be reversed at any time.
RE: Coordinate System in SolidWorks
Then go to insert reference geometry/co-ord sys, pick point, pick the point at the centre of your sketch, then select either Y or Z in the dialogue box and you get the option to reverse axis direction, just keep playing about with it until you get the co-ord sys you want.