Help rotating a sketch to align with entity...can't believe it can't be done.

[nickcostin]

Hi
I've made a very short video to show what can be done really easily in Draftsight. Pretty sure it can be done in SW, but 'help' doesn't really...erm....help.
Thanks
Nick

 

[nickcostin]

Now I've, at least, learned a bit more about making screen videos I though I'd show how, thanks to someone here's suggestion, how a sketch can be rotated to align with another entity...... definitely not as slick as Draftsight.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Or you could select the entities to align and use a collinear constraint.

 

[nickcostin]

Thanks for the reply, but the Add Relations functions can't be accessed while in the Rotate function.....at least not in SW 2010.

A I say, really surprised if it can't be done....

 

[BiPolarMoment]

You wouldn't need to be in the rotate function to do as CorBlimeyLimey suggested. The constraint will rotate (and lock orientation) the entities for you as long as they are fully constrained otherwise. However, in your example you appear to be working with completely unconstrained entities; adding a collinear constraint will most likely cause unwanted changes to your shape (and if the line has no relationship to the others, nothing will move with it). That said, I don't know why you would necessarily need your entities to be so undefined.

 

[nickcostin]

OK, thanks for that. I pasted a complex and undefined dxf file into a sketch and was hoping to align it other entities......actually I think someone mentioned converting to a block......just tried it and that works OK. not as slick as DS tho, in that regard.

Cheers

 

[TheTick]

Try the tools on the 2D to 3D toolbar. You can move whole sketches this way.

 

[SolidAir]

Do not discount blocks, they are a lot more powerful then you give them credit for.

 

[Timelord]

Just a thought,

Redefining the plane itself will rotate a sketch drawn on it, if there are no references that change.

Timelord