Rotating global coordinate system and/or changing orient views?
Rotating global coordinate system and/or changing orient views?
(OP)
I have created an assembly and found out that when I orient the view to the "Top View" is it actually the side of the part, etc. It seems the views are correlated to the global coordinate system so is there a way I can rotate it so the views are correct?
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RE: Rotating global coordinate system and/or changing orient views?
If this is really a problem for you, not having the pre-defined standard views coincide with your view of the world, then there are only a few things that you can do. First, you could simply move ALL of the components of the assembly until you have your desired orientation. Or you could create a new empty part file and add your existing assembly to this file as a component and then simply use 'Move Component' to reorient the now single-object into how you want it to be.
Now if you took the second approach, but you really wished that there was no 'higher-level' assembly and IF you did NOT care about any of your assembly constraints, once you had the single-object assembly oriented as you wished, you could go the Assembly Navigator, select all of the components (not the assembly node, but the Components themselves), press MB3 and select 'Copy'. Now open another empty part file and 'Paste' the Components into this file. Your assembly will now be the top-level, all of the subassembly structure will have been maintained, but there will be no constraints in the top-level assembly (however, the subassemblies will have retained their constraints).
Anyway, that's all that I can think of.
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RE: Rotating global coordinate system and/or changing orient views?
Then View -> Operation -> Save As and make your own view (you can't overwrite the existing views this way).
You can do this for any number of views.
Then in the Part navigator you select the view you want to use.
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RE: Rotating global coordinate system and/or changing orient views?
RE: Rotating global coordinate system and/or changing orient views?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Rotating global coordinate system and/or changing orient views?
RE: Rotating global coordinate system and/or changing orient views?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.