Reorienting "Normal To" view
Reorienting "Normal To" view
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I've reoriented my standard views in both my part and assembly templates, however when I switch from the Right view to the "Normal To" view (when they are both facing the same direction) the view turns 90 degrees (side goes to the top). How can I reorient the "Normal To" view so that it stays consistent with the standard views?






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Dan
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Dan
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Dan's Blog
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It seems like you get the other planes vertical or horizontal when you select 'normal' To do what you want may require defining a view specifically.
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-Dustin
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Pretty good with SolidWorks
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Regards, Diego
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Excellent!!! Thank you; no more craning my neck while sketching!
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Allows you to modify the default orientations of
Front +X, +Y as H & V directions
Right -Z, +X as H & V directions
Top +X, =Z as H & V directions
You can save each orientation by overwriting the defaults or saving your own _T for Top )B for Bottom _R for right etc.
he modify dialog is old as (insert word here) and needs to be updated to allow modify when external references are present. Right now you have to delete ant coincident or collinear relation and Modify orientation and re apply your constraints. The only way to overcome this is by using Instant3D and use the Rotate handles but that is too much to describe here.
When sketching on the top plane the orientation has always been reversed.but no one at SolidWorks cares enough to fix that problem. At least not yet.
Michael
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Anyhoo. I don't know if that's what you were asking for.
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I tried "Tools > Sketch Tools > Modify". It changes the orientation of the sketch within the plane, I'm only trying to change the orientation of the view on the screen. I thought I could get by for now but then I noticed the Horizontal and Vertical relations are reversed; vertical lines show a horizontal relation icon and vice versa.
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-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Pretty good with SolidWorks
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Here's how it all started. At first all my part and assembly files had the Z axis going in the wrong direction, my boss suggested I change it so that the Z axis would go up/down as most of us would expect. So I did the "Space bar - 'Update Standard Views'" thing and got the XYZ axis to line up how I wanted (X left to right, Y front to back, Z top to bottom).
The problem was when I picked a surface (let's say the right-facing side of a cube) and hit "Normal To", it would turn the view on its side rather than match the "Right" view even though both are supposed to be the same. Yes, I could hold the Alt key and turn the view 90° with the arrow keys, but it gets old after a while and the sketch relations get screwed (SW still thinks a vertical line is vertical when it's horizontal on the screen).
May be someone has other ideas or can suggest a better way to realign the XYZ axis without messing up the "Normal To" views.
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Let me know if this helps. Good Luck.
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"most" may be a bit of an assumption.
See if this document helps.
ht
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The instructions on the link are exactly the steps I followed, but like I mentioned, the "Normal To" views don't line up with the corresponding Right/Left views. Only the Front-facing surfaces maintain the same orientation (and it turns the back-facing views upside down when clicking "Normal To").
It becomes really annoying when dealing with vertical/horizontal sketch relations since both icons look the same on a sketch.
Perhaps SolidWorks did this for a reason, if not I hope they come up with a solution in a future version.
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I created a working plane (let's call it Plane 2) by offsetting my front plane. The normal view to my Front plane and the Front view both show the front of my product, with the top of the product at the top of the screen.
However, the normal view to Plane 2 shows the front of my product, with the top of product at the BOTTOM of the screen....so, when creating a sketch on Plane 2, I either have to sketch it upside down, or I have to click Normal To, then hit Alt+arrow to rotate the top up to the top of the screen....
If you found a solution to the issue, it would save me a lot of arrowing....
jesse
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What template did you use to create your part?
Best regards,
Alex
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