https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/is-is-possible-to-change-the-referential-axis-without-changing/m-p/13665244#M395659 <P>Hi everybody,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is is possible to change the referential axis <U>without changing the used sketches</U>?</P><P><BR />In the place where I am working there was created different files by different users in different moments and now if I want to substitute one part by another part it doesn’t work because the axis are not the same.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Follow the pictures bellow and the UCS as an example.</P><P>It would be nice if:</P><P>the X becomes -Y</P><P>the Y becomes X</P><P>Z it is ok</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screenshot 2025-06-04 111457.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1540064i38C0FABD4D5B296C/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screenshot 2025-06-04 111457.png" alt="Screenshot 2025-06-04 111457.png" /></span></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="d79b4d11-ce85-45d4-8e00-1a64c7ca4de3.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1540068i92E36B34EB465193/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="d79b4d11-ce85-45d4-8e00-1a64c7ca4de3.png" alt="d79b4d11-ce85-45d4-8e00-1a64c7ca4de3.png" /></span></P><P> </P><P>Thanks for your help.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Kindly,</P><P>FM</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:05:20 GMT FilipeMais 2025-06-04T11:05:20Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/is-is-possible-to-change-the-referential-axis-without-changing/m-p/13665244#M395659 <P>Hi everybody,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is is possible to change the referential axis <U>without changing the used sketches</U>?</P><P><BR />In the place where I am working there was created different files by different users in different moments and now if I want to substitute one part by another part it doesn’t work because the axis are not the same.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Follow the pictures bellow and the UCS as an example.</P><P>It would be nice if:</P><P>the X becomes -Y</P><P>the Y becomes X</P><P>Z it is ok</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screenshot 2025-06-04 111457.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1540064i38C0FABD4D5B296C/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screenshot 2025-06-04 111457.png" alt="Screenshot 2025-06-04 111457.png" /></span></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="d79b4d11-ce85-45d4-8e00-1a64c7ca4de3.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1540068i92E36B34EB465193/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="d79b4d11-ce85-45d4-8e00-1a64c7ca4de3.png" alt="d79b4d11-ce85-45d4-8e00-1a64c7ca4de3.png" /></span></P><P> </P><P>Thanks for your help.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Kindly,</P><P>FM</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:05:20 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/is-is-possible-to-change-the-referential-axis-without-changing/m-p/13665244#M395659 FilipeMais 2025-06-04T11:05:20Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/is-is-possible-to-change-the-referential-axis-without-changing/m-p/13665294#M395661 <P>Hi</P> <P>There are several methods:</P> <OL> <LI>Use Direct Edit to rotate a body</LI> <LI>Edit sketch definition to another face</LI> </OL> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:05:11 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/is-is-possible-to-change-the-referential-axis-without-changing/m-p/13665294#M395661 kacper.suchomski 2025-06-04T10:05:11Z