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Flipping Drawings, keeping dimensions.

Flipping Drawings, keeping dimensions.

Flipping Drawings, keeping dimensions.

(OP)
Hey everybody.

So at our shop (Machine shop) the drawings made are always in the orientation that they will be made (makes it easier for the operator). Now, I did a group of 5 similar parts, all very complicated 2 page drawings with many sections and details. I swore I was told the orientation was one way, did all of these drawings, now im told it was opposite.
I REALLY dont want to redo these drawings and would love to flip just flip them with the dimensions staying intact. Is this possible or am I just a dreamer and have to redo them?

Thanks

Jordan Healey

RE: Flipping Drawings, keeping dimensions.

Jordan,

When you say flip, do you mean flip using the X or Y axis? If you just need to flip the part over the X-axis, you can always make the rotation angle in the view properties 180°. This makes the top of the view the bottom and keeps the dims attached. You'll have to reposition them, but that's easy.

I'm playing around with this some more to find a good way to flip the part over the Y-axis, but haven't found anything yet.

Anyone else?

Jason

RE: Flipping Drawings, keeping dimensions.

Ok, so this is the best part about these forums sometimes, is that it gets a person digging around in the menus adjusting things you wouldn't normally pay attention to.

In the view properties menu, under the genral tab, there is a drop down menu for the view coordiante system. You can switch between the X and Y axis and then adjust the rotation angle. It may a little effort to get the view correct, but I think you'll be able to do what you need and keep the dims in place.

Good luck! Let us know...

Jason

RE: Flipping Drawings, keeping dimensions.

(OP)
That is what I was looking for. I knew there had to be a way. After lunch I will try one and see how long it takes to fudge everything back into place. Took me about 2 hours to redraw everything for the first one, so if this cuts my time down at all, im happy. Oh, and it was the X axis, sorry about not clarifying.

Thanks for the input Jason.

Jordan  

RE: Flipping Drawings, keeping dimensions.

(OP)
So, I tried and it definately works, the only thing is if you had your dimension lines attached to the top for example, now they are attached to the bottom, and you have to reposition all of the dimensions, but still better than nothing.  

RE: Flipping Drawings, keeping dimensions.

I noticed that it didn't handle all the dims appropriately, but hey...it's better than starting from scratch. Especially if you had prefixes and tolerances.

 

RE: Flipping Drawings, keeping dimensions.

(OP)
It almost takes as long to reposition all of the dimensions as putting them back on, but exactly what you said the prefixes and tolerances probably take the longest to do, since most of them are unique, and this cuts out that step. I would love a command to mirror the part with the dimensions staying intact, but hey what are you gonna do?

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