Unequal Angle weldment wrong way round

[aitchem]

Hi,
Can't figure this one myself.

I am using unequal angles in a weldment.
The problem is, some angles won't rotate to the correct orientation

How does one do this.?

thanks
Howard

 

[JMirisola]

Can you be a bit more specific?
How are you creating the weldments? How are you trying to rotate the pieces?

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP, Certified DriveWorks AE

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

 

[aitchem]

OK,
I am inserting an unequal angle into a weldment.
Using a standard library weldment within Solidworks.

The angle is always orientated in a default direction.
I want it inserting opposite handed to this direction.

This isn't solved by rotation, or moving the location point.
The part profile is handed.

thanks
Howard

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

delete the line the profile is being extruded along and redraw it in the opposite direction.

 

[StefanHamminga]

In 2008 they introduced the option to mirror the profile. In previous versions I just used a LH and an RH version of the weldment profile. Be sure to keep the descriptions the same to enable grouping.

Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer
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[Eltron]

What the Limey is suggesting should work. Just delete your sketched line, and, instead of drawing it from A to B, draw it from B to A. Then try inserting your weldment.

Dan

http://www.eltronresearch.com