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Message 1 of 13
asbuiltjmh1
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Select origin?

I cannot select origin to constrain sketch with dimension to origin?

I selected Sketch,

expanded origin,

selected mywork plan (xy)

drew rectangle,

input dims,

right click for marking menu,

selected dimensions,

 

Origin is yellow,

cannot select it and then edge of rect to set dim that will center sketch on origin?

Just like the videos show, but cannot select origin>

 

Please advise?

spacebeagle

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Message 2 of 13
JDMather
in reply to: asbuiltjmh1

Project Geometry

 

What version of Inventor are you using?  This should be automatic.

http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/SkillsUSA%20University.pdf


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Message 3 of 13
R.Corriveau
in reply to: asbuiltjmh1

You should be able to. Can you post the file with the offending sketch?

Message 4 of 13
asbuiltjmh1
in reply to: JDMather

Ver. 2013

Thanks for the input.

I went through the 60 tips.

 

I appreciate your response and the links to resources!

 

Jim

Message 5 of 13
asbuiltjmh1
in reply to: asbuiltjmh1

Ver. 2013 Inventor Lt Suite to be perfectly accurate.

 

Thanks.

 

P.S. Any other thoughts or suggestions will be immensely appreciated.

 

Jim

Message 6 of 13
mrattray
in reply to: asbuiltjmh1

Capture.JPG

 

This is for a full version of Inventor 2013, but I imagine LT has a similar option somewhere.

Mike (not Matt) Rattray

Message 7 of 13
asbuiltjmh1
in reply to: asbuiltjmh1

Yes, mrattray, that in fact was the step I missed.
Thanks again for everyone's input.

spacebeagle
Message 8 of 13
nwrensch
in reply to: mrattray

tried this and I still cannot select origin to ground my sketch to. I am on 2016.

 

Thanks

Norm

Message 9 of 13
JDMather
in reply to: nwrensch

You have replied to an ancient thread.

It would have been better to start a new thread and include Link to this thread.

 

Attach a *.ipt file here that exhibits this behavior.

 

and/or 

create a Screencast recording of the behavior that you observe.


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Message 10 of 13
nwrensch
in reply to: JDMather

I found my problem everything else I have done I had a projected origin.
And never had a problem, but this time I had erased my origin which I did
not realize was possible. and to my seems to be a very dumb thing to be
able to do. I would think that is one thing that should not be possible to
do. Any way seeing I had no idea on how to replace it I just blew away the
whole part and started over. it was a simple part and I was very aggravated
with it, so blowing it off made me feel a little better. But it would be a
good thing to know how to replace the origin, even though I think that is
something that should never have to be replaced.

Thanks

Norm Wrensch
Manufacturing Engineer
MPI Products LLC
101 Grand Ave.
Deerfield, WI 53531
Phone: 608.764.5416 ext, 114
Fax: 608.764.8408
nwrensch@mpiproducts.com
www.mpi-int.com
Message 11 of 13
JDMather
in reply to: nwrensch


@nwrensch wrote:
..... I had erased my origin which I did
not realize was possible. and to my seems to be a very dumb thing to be
able to do. I would think that is one thing that should not be possible to
do. Any way seeing I had no idea on how to replace it ....
But it would be a
good thing to know how to replace the origin, even though I think that is
something that should never have to be replaced.


It is not possible to erase the Origin Center Point.

 

You deleted the Projection of the Origin Center Point.


To get back the Projection - see Post #2.

Project Geometry and select the Origin Center Point.


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Message 12 of 13
nwrensch
in reply to: JDMather

but why is the projection erasable? Which is what I meant.

Norm Wrensch
Manufacturing Engineer
MPI Products LLC
101 Grand Ave.
Deerfield, WI 53531
Phone: 608.764.5416 ext, 114
Fax: 608.764.8408
nwrensch@mpiproducts.com
www.mpi-int.com
Message 13 of 13
JDMather
in reply to: nwrensch

Any projected geometry can be erased.

There are times that I don't want the Origin projected (for example, in creating Sheet Metal Punches).


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