Moving a Part to the "Origin"
Moving a Part to the "Origin"
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I have a sldprt that was built away from the origin. Is there a way to move the part so that, for instance, the corner of it is on the origin?
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Moving a Part to the "Origin"
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RE: Moving a Part to the "Origin"
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Scott Baugh, CSWP

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RE: Moving a Part to the "Origin"
Moving the first sketch "destroys" the part.
Is there no way to redefine the origin, or move the actual part?
RE: Moving a Part to the "Origin"
I have done this many of times before and it works. Although you have to understand SW a bit to make it work. You have to understand the Parent - Chlid relationships and use that to your advantage. Thats why I say constrain each sketch to either another sketch, edge or face. this puts a parent child relationship between the two. then once you get down to the first sketch you should be able move that sketch without messing the geometry up.
I hope you followed all of that,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

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RE: Moving a Part to the "Origin"
If your still having a hard time understanding me send me the file and I'll try and show you what I mean...Or send a similar sample for to show you.
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

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http://www.3dmca.com
http://home.insightbb.com/~scott.baugh/
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RE: Moving a Part to the "Origin"
1) Take a look at the relations in the sketches and features following the base feature. If they have relations to reference geometry such as the primary planes or the origin, then moving the base feature could cause these features to fail. If these features are only related to previous features then everything should update fine after the base sketch is moved.
2) If you move the base feature sketch, the sketches of the following features will fail because they do not follow along. You can try this:
- suppress all features after the base feature
- translate the base feature sketch to the desired position
- translate the following feature's sketch to the desired position and then unsuppress the feature. It should now rebuild properly.
- repeat for the remaining features
RE: Moving a Part to the "Origin"
Charley Leonard
CSWP
www.2Dto3D.com