Move sketch to the origin

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• NeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,773

  March 2019 Answer ✓

  https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/otxyng760q

  
  

  Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA

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• sharjeel_faiz Member Posts: 6 ✭

  June 2020

  This was an excellent video. Thanks
  
  

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• tyler_durden157 Member Posts: 4 ✭

  October 2023

  would be good if there was a button "Center and Arrange" that would do this automatically instead of the current solution

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• rraffaell73 Member Posts: 8 ✭

  December 2023

  When the imported file is in STL format, for example, there is no option to use the Transform command in the tools... How do I move this imported file to the origin?

  
  

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• glen_dewsbury Member Posts: 890 ✭✭✭✭

  December 2023 edited December 2023

  rraffaell73 said:

  When the imported file is in STL format, for example, there is no option to use the Transform command in the tools... How do I move this imported file to the origin?

  
  

  The transform tool works fine.
  https://cad.onshape.com/documents/b90a63cec600990649097202/w/e4d74e1141bd02032f427eb7/e/2fa4774abb25fa0b115ca56d
  
  Main, transformed by x.y.z o a given distance.
  If you don't know the distance or can't measure the distance directly then look at suppressed items to make a sketch that can give measurements.
  
  
  
  version 2, transformed by points
  I did sketch a new point where I wanted to transform the stl from.
  
  
  version 1, original location
  
  

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• robert_scott_jr_ Member Posts: 526 ✭✭✭

  December 2023

  To avoid confusion: There are two Transform tools. One is used inside a sketch to deal with sketch entities. The other is outside of a sketch for parts and surfaces. - Scotty
  

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• kari_harju393 Member Posts: 2 ✭

  January 6

  https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/98087#Comment_98087

  @robert_scott_jr_ cannot thank you enough for this comment.. I was about to just switch to another tool. 😅
  
  SW developer myself, "naming is hard" is my most used phrase, but the video in this case already uses the terminology that I think the software itself should definitely also use and show.
  Having the tool names be "Transform Sketch" and "Transform Parts" instead of "Transform" visible in the command-palette and hover items would make this visible in every tutorial and guide.
  
  From a "freshman" OnShape user coming from other tools, a good portion of the guides, documentation and tutorial seems to miss the: "You are in this mode now, so the same tool name is a totally different tool".
  
  This gets REALLY frustrating, as this is an online tool the first question is always:
  "Is the guide obsolete on an older version..? ..or why am I not seeing the tools talked about?"
  …which is a super frustrating place to be.

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• S1mon Member Posts: 3,155 PRO

  January 6

  In a way there are 3 transform tools. One in sketcher (non-parametric) which operates on sketch entities, one is a feature in a part studio (parametric) which works on curves, surfaces and parts, and the other is a tool in assembly tabs whenever you select a part or sub-assembly (also non-parametric).

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