CREATING A SECND COORDINATE SYSTEM 1

[fayiah2000]

Hi,

I am new to proewildfire 2.0 and i am having difficulty with creating a new coordinate system. My intention is to create datum planes at a new location. I have created one but creating the other two is proving difficult. I therefore want to create a new coordinate system at this location to help.

James

 

[Guest0527211403]

Coordinate systems have two sets of references: One for the origin, and one for the orientation of the axes.

Notice in the Csys dialog box there are tabs for origin and orientation.

The first set of references locate the origin. This can be a single point or vertex, or any other set of references that, when combined, result in a single point (i.e. an axis and a plane or three planes). Alternatively you can pick an existing csys and offset the new one along it's axes.

The second set of references determines the orientation.
REMEMBER - If you have chosen the origin refs and want to choose the orientation, you need to MAKE SURE that the orientation reference collector is selected. Simply clicking the tab won't do- it will still think you are choosing origin refs (I think it's a bug - they need to shift the focus when you switch tabs), so pick in the collectors for the orientation refs. Otherwise your csys won't end up where you want it to!

If you don't like picking through tabs, hold down the right mouse button anywhere in the graphics window and you can choose the appropriate collector.

 

[fayiah2000]

Hi Justkeepgiviner,

Thanks for responding to my earlier post. I sorted that problem out with your suggestion. I have this other problem. I have five separate parts that i have joined in an assembly drawing. I want this assembly to have a sigle coordinate system at a new location. At the moment, the drawing is displaying five separate coordinate systems, each for the separate drawings. Is there a way I can achieve this?

The intention is to create an iges file of my drawing for export to a grid generator. I want the combustor axis re-oriented such that the x-axis will lie along the combustor axis. This can be done in the grid generator. But moving the coordinate system to a new origin is proving impossible in the grid generator. So i need to do it in Pro/Engineer.

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

James

 

[Guest0527211403]

I'm glad it worked.

You can create your new coordinate system in your assembly (while it is the open/active model) and then export your assembly in IGES form relative to that new csys.

What you really need to be careful of is your orientations once again, ensuring that your components are aligned as you have specified once you import them into your other software.