Is there a way to reset the front view in Inventor once the front view has been set crooked?
I have students who will rotate a part to an odd angle (say 5-10 degrees rotated around one or more of the axes) and then Reset the front view . Then when they try to place the part in a drawing file it is nearly impossible to get good perpendicular views (relative to the viewing plane) for dimensioning.
We have "tweaked" the part as close as we can by hand, but is there a way to use the XYZ planes or something to force the part back into a clean 90 degree default position once the front view has been set off-kilter?
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I assume that this is in an assembly file?
If so, Unground the part, then constrain the part origins to the same named assembly origins. You can then Ground the part and delete the constraints if desired.
The problem comes from your students ungrounding the first part inserted into the assembly. Tell them not to do that....
If you're talking about the view cube front definition, use 'view face' and 'set current view as' front
Sorry. I should have clarified that I am talking about PART files (although the problem would then carry over into the assembly file once the part was placed).
I will try the "view face" and then the "set current view as" option on the view cube. The students have used the "Set current view as front" on a crooked view. If "View face" gets me back to 90 degree views as defined by the XY-XZ-YZ planes then that should be the solution.
I will mark this as a solution if it works for me this afternoon.]
Thanks
Funny things students will do. I was able to reproduce the behavior.
Set askew view a Front.
Created an idw view of Front and it was askew.
Went back to model and Reset Front.
Went back to idw and view does not update.
Created new Front View and it was fine.
Looks like you are out of luck. Tell them not to do that. Tell them if they do do that they get to do the drawing over.
I am going to have to get ahold of one of their files and see exactly what they did. I have used "View Face" and/or "Reset Front" on all of my attemtps to make the mistake and have been able to get back to a non-skewed view. But neither seemed to work for my students' files.
I will attempt to recreate their problem and then post an update.
Who knew it would be so hard to make a mistake?
My assy has a subassy angulary located to the Front View of main assy.
I need create a dwg with orthogonal views of this croocked subassy front - left - and top.
How easy it was on DeskTo p!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks anyway.
@Anonymous wrote:
How easy it was on DeskTo p!!!!!!!!!!
It is trivially easy in Inventor.
Instead of using the standard views - simply select the Change view orientation and set up whatever you want.
I ran into the same problem, but figured it out, when the view's out of wack in the part file,
1.Hover over the view cube.
2. When the vertical ribbon appears (To the right of the cube)
3. Select the "Look At" button at the bottom of the newly appeared ribbon.
4. Select a Face on the model.
5. Then hover over the View Cube, right click the Face of the view you're currently in.
6. Finally select "Set Current View as", select Top or Front, and it squares your view.
When "the view's out of wack in the part file", it's time to fix the part file, not just redefine Front! If your part or assembly is not oriented the way it should be, get it re-oriented properly with the coordinate system. It got that way by not being fully constrained in the first place, so that's what needs to be fixed.
Sam B
Inventor Professional 2016 Update 2
Vault Basic 2016
Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit, SP1
Late answer but i had massive problems with this in a complicated assembly that i could just not undo everything. This sets the piece right up and then you can select the view as front. Thanks big time!
Try to create a new assy and insert crooked part in it.
Create work plans on part edges parallel to original plans XY XZ YZ
Reorient (constrain) part to newly created work plans.
Than Demote part and save as New component name same as the original name with - (dash) on the end.
Delete original and rename new part as original name by removing -(dash) from end of the original name.
It should reorient your part to perpendicular view.
@Anonymous
You are replying to an ancient thread.
The software has changed.
Not sure you tested the original problem description.
Some of the people in this thread are no longer around.
Hi! Do you mind elaborating the problem you are having or starting a new topic with more detail info?
Many thanks!
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