Reorient Part to A Different View

terry_pike

If I create a part which shows the top view, can I redefine that view and say it's the front view. In Inventor, this was no problem, but I can't find an option for this feature. Thank you!

bruce_williams

Here is discussion thread on 'Reset view'.   There are work-arounds but not directly possible yet.

I thought there is an improvement request and I could not find it.

Jake_Rosenfeld

@terry_pike

You can use the Transform feature to rotate the part (rather than changing the views themselves):
https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/transform.htm
'Rotate' or 'Transform by mate connectors' options are your friend here.

terry_pike

Thank you very much Bruce!

bruce_williams said:

Here is discussion thread on 'Reset view'.   There are work-arounds but not directly possible yet.

I thought there is an improvement request and I could not find it.

philip_thomas

@terry_pike - In addition - if your question is driven by the need to create drawings, dont forget that you can define a named view that can be referenced in the drawing view.

bruce_williams

Here is discussion thread on 'Reset view'.   There are work-arounds but not directly possible yet.

I thought there is an improvement request and I could not find it.

Jake_Rosenfeld

@terry_pike

You can use the Transform feature to rotate the part (rather than changing the views themselves):
https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/transform.htm
'Rotate' or 'Transform by mate connectors' options are your friend here.

terry_pike

Thank you very much Bruce!

bruce_williams said:

Here is discussion thread on 'Reset view'.   There are work-arounds but not directly possible yet.

I thought there is an improvement request and I could not find it.

terry_pike

Jake_Rosenfeld said:

@terry_pike

You can use the Transform feature to rotate the part (rather than changing the views themselves):
https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/transform.htm
'Rotate' or 'Transform by mate connectors' options are your friend here.

Thank you Jake! Not the most intuitive way, but it will do what I need.

terry_pike said:

Thank you very much Bruce!

bruce_williams said:

Here is discussion thread on 'Reset view'.   There are work-arounds but not directly possible yet.

I thought there is an improvement request and I could not find it.

philip_thomas

@terry_pike - In addition - if your question is driven by the need to create drawings, dont forget that you can define a named view that can be referenced in the drawing view.

terry_pike

philip_thomas said:

@terry_pike - In addition - if your question is driven by the need to create drawings, dont forget that you can define a named view that can be referenced in the drawing view.

Thanks Philip, and I was aware of the named views, and I'll use this as I was concerned about the placement into drawings.