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how to recentre my part

john_charles783
john_charles783 Member Posts: 4 ✭
in Community Support
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 

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  • David_YL_Nguyen
    David_YL_Nguyen Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 184 image
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    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
    john_charles783 Member Posts: 4 ✭
    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
    David_YL_Nguyen Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 184 image
    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

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