Change triad orientation.
Change triad orientation.
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Hey guys, just wondering if you can help me out with what seems like it should be a simple problem, basically i would like to reorder the axis on my triad, at the moment i have y is up z is depth and x is across, im using camworks and it would be alot more helpful if z was up y was depth and x was across. does anybody know how to chage this?
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RE: Change triad orientation.
Deepak Gupta
SW2009 SP3.0
SW2007 SP5.0
MathCAD 14.0
RE: Change triad orientation.
Next import the model again and the coordinate system will be changed.
Artem Taturevich, CSWP
Software and Design Engineer
AMCBridge LLC
www.amcbridge.com
RE: Change triad orientation.
Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
Dan's Blog
RE: Change triad orientation.
What happens if the part needs machining on multiple faces? Will you need to create a re-oriented model for each face?
RE: Change triad orientation.
X=X
Y=Y
Z=Z
Names of views and planes are subjective. If you don't like the names, change them and save a template.
RE: Change triad orientation.
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
RE: Change triad orientation.
Joe
SW Office 2008 SP5.0
P4 3.0Ghz 3GB
ATI FireGL X1
RE: Change triad orientation.
Hit Space bar to get Default Views dialog. Select Top as orientation name you want for current XY view and select the update standard views icon. This will make the current XY oriented view Top and update the other 5 orthogonal views and isometric to the correct orientation.
If any drawings have been created this will screw up orientations so you should do a save as copy and open the new part before using update standard views.
If you create your own parts you can create a new part set the orientations the way you want and save as use type Part Template and call it SW_Part_zUP.prtdot
Use that as your default part to create new models from but remember to rename the Planes so XY is Top YZ is right and XZ is Front this will allow you to create the drawings with correct orientation views and not need to do save copy to create a duplicate part with the same info in a different orientation.
Michael
RE: Change triad orientation.
See these two pics to see what I am talking about:
Solidworks orientation
CATIA orientation
If you rename the planes, your isometric views will not be correct, and if you do as mjcole stated, well you'll have to redo your drawings.
That said, some CAM systems can correct this when you import a model.
Flores
RE: Change triad orientation.
With machining centres, the Z axis is usually the spindle axis.