WCS Floor?

Quick one - why does SW use the ZX plane as the 'floor' and not the XY plane
from standard engineering convention?

Another quick one, can I change the sketch csys orientation?

Cheers, Sean

 

I'm sorry if this sounds sarcastic, but that's because it is. There is
an AutoCAD de-brainwashing tool available. A tech support individual
comes by and makes an adjustment using a fence post. Also AutoCAD detox
12 step programs can help you recover one day at a time.

There are many "engineering conventions", including Z up and Y up. I'd
be willing to bet that you could even dig up some folks who use X up. I
can't think of any time when SW singles out a particular plane as the
"floor". If you're talking about the shadows, that is completely
relative to the view orientation when the shadow is turned on.

Yes, you can move the sketch origin, but why would you want to? Anyway,
use the Modify Sketch tool.

Best of luck, and sorry for the sarcasm.

 

You're not the first I've heard complain/comment about it, and I'm not
sure why they do it but they do. And it does not just show up with
acad (try exporting a file to or from mastercam, UG, or ProE, and maybe
even Catia). The problem comes up (at least for me working with
automotive parts) when you try to bring someone else's "in car
position" part into SolidWorks and it flips the coordinates 90 degrees
and it does the same thing when you go to send it back to them. It's
also a problem (maybe minor, depending on who you are) when you send it
to someone to do CNC programming and a part that was in machine
position in SolidWorks ends up on it's side in the other system. So
it's not really a "just how you look at it" quirk.

If you'd like them, I have a part and assembly template I can send you
that won't flip the part when you bring it in or export it. Basically
all I did was switch the plane names in order from "Front-Top-Right" to
"Top-Front-Right" and adjusted the default views to match. Works good
for us.