How do i rotate a drawing of a part in the Drawing studio?

noah_hofer

I inserted a drawing of my base part but i want it to be horizontal instead of vertical. 

_Ðave_

I've been having to rotate the part in part studio until Onshape makes the ability to rotate views.

brucebartlett

You just have to rotate part to the right orientation in the parts studio, not ideal but you could also use new parts studio and derive a part in and rotate or an assembly mating to the correct orientation.

Hopefully soon (fingers crossed for next release) we will have the ability to select a Named view and even better to be able to rotate view and align veiw edges in the drawing.

_Ðave_

I've been having to rotate the part in part studio until Onshape makes the ability to rotate views.

brucebartlett

You just have to rotate part to the right orientation in the parts studio, not ideal but you could also use new parts studio and derive a part in and rotate or an assembly mating to the correct orientation.

Hopefully soon (fingers crossed for next release) we will have the ability to select a Named view and even better to be able to rotate view and align veiw edges in the drawing.

andrew_troup

There is a workaround you can do in a drawing:

Place a standard view (choosing one from which you can project the desired view) outside the margins of the drawing title block, so it does not print.
This will enable you to project the desired view (in the desired orientation) from that view.

 Here's an example of how it works: Say the standard front view is "Portrait" when you want it to be "Landscape".
If you create a "Top" view off to the left of the page, then project across horizontally, you will get a front view on the page, which is in "Landscape" orientation. 
(or rear view, depending on whether projection is first or third angle)  

Whereas if the same Top view had been placed below the bottom of the page, and you had projected upwards, you will get the same front (or rear) view, but in "Portrait" orientation like the standard view.

In no way is this a viable substitute for production drawing, and the ability to rotate views to any arbitrary angle is one of the hundreds of missing capabilities which are essential for that purpose ... but at least it's an easier workaround than dicking with the Part Studio.

_Ðave_

@andrew_troup Thanks for that, good idea.

brucebartlett

That's a good workaround @andrew_troup . Hopefully we don't have to wait long for a better solution. Ideally I want to see align to edge as well as a rotate view to angle 

mohamad_ahmadi

How do I rotate a part studio view in the drawing? When I right-click and select properties, the rotation angle is disabled. 

Narayan_K

@ mohamad_ahmadi , I think you have a another which is projected from the view which you want to rotate.so it is not allowing to rotate.
or you have created drawing using four view method.so it is having associated views.
Insert another general view and try to rotate it.

NeilCooke

@mohamad_ahmadi - you have to right click and break alignment on the view before you can rotate it. This is a known UI anomaly and will be addressed REAL soon. 

Agersens

Hi Onshape, this post was last updated in May 2016. I assume you now have this problem fixed and we can save a view in the part and then add a saved ISO view into a drawing.? Thanks Steve

PeteYodis

@Agersens Yes, there are a couple of solutions as of today in Onshape:  View rotation by the view properties and also placing a named view from a part or assembly studio.  

brucebartlett

@Agersens  ,

As Pete said you now have two options:

1. You can rotate views by "Rotation angle" in the properties when you RMB on a veiw.


2. Set up a named view at the desired angle you want in the part studio and select this when inserting a view into the drawing. "Align view with vertical axis" can help here to get the right angle.