Revolve about an axis

phil_joyce

Does anyone else agree with me on this?

NeilCooke

Onshape also lets you select a circular face or edge to define the axis. 

john_mcclary

I think it's awesome you dont need to explicitly define an axis everytime. Call it what you want. It works well and is easy. What else do you want?

phil_joyce

So I can use either the axis or a defined circular locus?

phil_joyce

Call me a pedant John, but terminology is important to avoid misunderstanding. If the Revolve command can accept either an axis or a locus as input, then there is no problem at all with the words 'Revolve axis'. I must be doing something else wrong when I cannot get the axis to generate my required revolve (in another document - not the one shown).

john_mcclary

Hmm, i could have swore you can use a proper axis to revolve. Are you sure the axis wasn't off center or not vertical by some .000001° or something?

Jake_Rosenfeld

Linear edges should be fine to define an axis:



Specifically, selections which take axes can extract an axis from a linear edge, a circular (or arc) edge, or a cylindrical face:


^ The curious may want to take a look at query.fs:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/12312312345abcabcabcdeff/w/a855e4161c814f2e9ab3698a/e/9fde5dffaf8d4e4c99aaa22c