selected the wrong plane

[altnickee]

Hi,

I have made a part on the top plane, but now i see that the front plane would be better.

I know that there must be a way to change a part from an plane to an other, but how?

thanks

Toolmaker

 

[JMirisola]

in '07, right click on the sketch in the feature manager and select change plane.
In '08, left click on the sketch in the feature manager and select the 'change plane' icon.

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[gurujeff33]

You will have to change the plane on each sketch that is related to the Front, top, or Right planes.

Go to your first feature, expand the feature dialog (+) , when you see the sketch right click and select edit sketch plane. Choose a new plane. You may see errors if any other sketches were done on Front, Top, or Right planes. If that is the case you will need to change those planes as well.

 

[altnickee]

JMirisola,


Problem solved !!

Thanks,

Toolmaker

 

[altnickee]

gurujeff33,

You are correct I had to change all of them, but it worked!!

thanks for the reply



Toolmaker

 

[Heckler]

How much work it will be to switch references around would depend on how you created the individual features. Click on the sketch of the first feature then RMB picking <Edit Sketch Plane>. Then pick the Front Plane. Then rebuilt control Q. Then fix any reference problems that occured. if you don't like the results just <undo>

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[ShaggyPE]

If the issue is that you simply would like to have the view orientation different in the drawing, you can "update standard views" in the "view orientation" window.

-Dustin
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[ctopher]

The way that works best for me, and machinists', is to create it on the plane the way it will get machined...or as if you were to set the part on a table in front of you. With the origin on the mounting surface, centered on the part.

Chris
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