Move part to origin
Move part to origin
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I have a part that I received from a customer. The part has it's origin out in space. How do I move the portion of the part I want to use for an origin to the SolidWorks Origin? I created a Reference Geometry Coordinate System at the point on the part I wish to move to the SolidWorks Origin.






RE: Move part to origin
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RE: Move part to origin
RE: Move part to origin
Dan
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Dan's Blog
RE: Move part to origin
RE: Move part to origin
If you have created a new coordinate system in the part, all you need do is Save as to a parasolid using the Option to use the newly created CS as the default. When re-imported into SW, the origin and CS will match. You will however end up with a dumb solid, but if you have the Feature Recognition module, features can be rebuilt.
A (usually) more involved alternative would be to re-assign sketches to the main reference planes. If you are very lucky, just re-assigning the base feature sketch will carry all subsequent features with it.