how to recentre my part

john_charles783

Hi, I have drawn my part, unfortunately, upside down, so I used the transform tool to spin it 180deg but now it is not centred over my origin.
Is there a way to recentre my part. 
Thank you
John 

David_YL_Nguyen

Hey @john_charles783,

It's always handy to share a link to your public document so people can have a look directly in there. If possible I would probably make some changes to the sketch rather than using the transform tool unless that is too complex.

I you use the transform tool to rotate a part along an axis, you can use mate connector placed on the origin to o this rotation. This way your part will remain centred over the origin.



You can find more info about mate connectors here:
https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/mateconnector_a.htm
https://learn.onshape.com/learn/article/all-the-ways-to-use-mate-connectors

Any questions, let me know. Cheers

David_YL_Nguyen

Hey @john_charles783,

It's always handy to share a link to your public document so people can have a look directly in there. If possible I would probably make some changes to the sketch rather than using the transform tool unless that is too complex.

I you use the transform tool to rotate a part along an axis, you can use mate connector placed on the origin to o this rotation. This way your part will remain centred over the origin.



You can find more info about mate connectors here:
https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/mateconnector_a.htm
https://learn.onshape.com/learn/article/all-the-ways-to-use-mate-connectors

Any questions, let me know. Cheers

john_charles783

Thanks David, I will give your idea a go and follow those links. What I found yesterday was that when it went into assemblies tab the transform tool was much easier to use than it is in the parts tab and I was able to easily spin and place the part and the origin wasnt an issue. I think I should start with simpler parts to learn using the transform tool because my part had many pieces but once in the assembly tab it was just one. 
Thanks again
John

David_YL_Nguyen

No worries @john_charles783,
if you want to share your (public) document people can also have a closer look to better understand your issue. Cheers