Horizontal and Vertical reversed when sketching on work planes

[luv2bild]

Does any body know why the following happens and if there is a way around it or a setting that can be changed?

When sketching on a work plane, even if the Y-axis is up, using horizontal or vertical constraints end up reversed. I commonly constrain my sketch to the projected origin using horizontal & vertical point-to-point constraints. I gets real annoying when you do it only to find out they are reversed.

 

[BOPman]

I just make the lines colinear or coincident to X & Y instead of vert and horizontal.

 

[luv2bild]

I understand what you are saying BOPman but I don't believe it will work to center a rectangle on the origin. Colinear and coincident won't work with the midpoint of a sketched line unless I am missing something.

 

[jlcochran1]

One of the easiest ways to center a rectangle about the origin is to draw a diagonal construction line from corner to corner and then use a coincident constraint from the midpoint of the construction line to the origin.

 

[BOPman]

Or even easier would be to use the 'symmetric' constraint. Just make both horizontal lines symmetric about the X axis and both vertical lines symmetric about the y axis.

luv2bild, you should be able to use coincident on the midpoint of a sketched line. Pick the midpoint first, then select the line you want it coincident to.