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DarylWolf1-Visitor
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March 18, 2010
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Sketch Placement

  • March 18, 2010
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I may be not on my game here but for years I have wondered something so I thought I would throw it out there for some responses. When I go to sketch, you pick the plane you want to sketch in, first it always points to you when you almost always want it to point away from you, so you say flip, then the big one. You give it a reference plane and pick top bottom left or right. 90% of the time it spins my part around opposite of what I want. What is it looking for? A plane has neither a good side or bad side. Which side is it saying would be the top or bottom or whatever. I dont get it and never have. A plane is a plane. any help would be great. its driving me nuts. Thanks Daryl
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DavidButz1-Visitor
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March 18, 2010
Pro/E Datum Planes do have "polarity". In the old days it was Yellow/Red:Positive/Negative. Now it's Brown/Black.
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DarylWolf1-VisitorAuthor
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March 18, 2010
That would make sense but mine just show up highlighted red. No variation between sides. Do you think there is an option to turn off and on. Any other ideas? Thanks Daryl
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DavidButz1-Visitor
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March 18, 2010
It shows up red after it's selected, and of course Mother Pro pre-selects one for you. But if you look closely you should be able to see a black or brown outline just inside the red one. If you want to pick your own reference, pick in the Reference field of the Dialog Box where the pre-selection is listed. If you just want to flip things, pick the opposite reference type in the Orientation field (Bottom vs. Top, Left vs. Right). The other thing to be aware of is that the pre-selection will depend to a great extent on how your model is oriented on the screen when you invoke Sketcher.
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