Solidworks Routing Beginners Question

[Dermotsull]

Hi I have been using routing for a couple of days now out of personal interest. I have got the hang of setting up custom parts and using them but something is bugging me with the routing. I start a route by placing a flange. Then use a 3d sketch to plan the route.

However I find the planes of the pipe segments are always at 45 deg to the assembly planes. The planes of the flanges and elbows line up with the planes in the assembly ( ie Top plane of Assembly is parallel to Top plane of flange/elbow) However the top plane of the pipe segment is at 45 degrees to this. I have tried to attach a jpeg to show the issue.

Its not a major issue but it is something that bugs me as I like the planes to be parallel / perpendicular where it is possible. Does anyone know how to rotate the pipe segment by 45 deg to line up with the other?

Thanks

 

[Gupta65]

Check your flange and pipe parts plus how flange has been placed in assembly.

Deepak Gupta
SW 2009 SP4.1 & 2007 SP5.0
MathCAD 14.0
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[NL8]

Given that you have zero control over the pipe files, and I would never, ever recommend mating to the plane of one even if you could, I would say don't worry about it, hide those planes, and move on.

Joe Hasik,
CSWP/SMTL/MTLS
SW 10 x64, SP 3.0
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

 

[SWKennedy]

When you put the flange into your assembly, you can cancel out of any routing options and then mate down the flange however you deem appropriate, even if it be just aligning the planes parallel to existing planes, and then once you have the flange set the way you want you can find the connection point on the flange and use the "Start Route/Add to Route" option from there.

If you are inserting a flange/part into an already started route you can use Shift + Left Arrow/Right Arrow to rotate the part in degree increments (set in the Tools -> Options -> Routing box) to align the part how you want.

However, as long as the holes in the flange are aligned properly I would just do as suggested by DekkerDesign and hide the plans and not worry about it.