Changing the Origin Location and Orientation

You can change the origin location and orientation in blocks.

To change the origin location or orientation:

  1. Create blocks from several sketch entities.
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  2. In the FeatureManager design tree, right-click a Block FM_block_sketch.gif and select Edit Block.
    The origin and orientation changes for each block.
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  3. Click Tools > Sketch Tools > Align > Align Grid/Origin.
  4. In the Align Grid/Origin PropertyManager, under Selections:
    • To change only the sketch origin:
      Select a vertex or point for Sketch Origin Location .
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    • To change both the sketch and orientation:
      Click in X-axis or Y-axis, and select a line to change the orientation of the sketch origin.
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      You can select internal or external sketch entities as references to define both the orientation and the location along the X or Y axis.
  5. Click PM_OK.gif.