How to align sketch grid with component or model axes ?

[Anonymous]

Dear forum members,

The grid of the first sketch on a component is at an angle of 26,6 °. Is there a way to make it parallel ? If so, how ?

The problem I have is the same as described in http://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?caas=caas/discussion/t5/Fusion-360-Support/How-to-align...

[Anonymous]

Dear forum members,

The grid of the first sketch on a component is at an angle of 26,6 °. Is there a way to make it parallel ? If so, how ?

The problem I have is the same as described in http://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?caas=caas/discussion/t5/Fusion-360-Support/How-to-align...

[ryan.bales · Accepted solution]

This can happen with imported parts and files. I would just delete that sketch and create an offset plane on that face with a zero offset. Then create a sketch on that plane. Since this model has no design history is referenced face or plane is fairly unimportant. 

[ryan.bales · Accepted solution]

This can happen with imported parts and files. I would just delete that sketch and create an offset plane on that face with a zero offset. Then create a sketch on that plane. Since this model has no design history is referenced face or plane is fairly unimportant. 

[TheCADWhisperer · Accepted solution]

Sketch on the Origin Planes. (Search Google - The BORN Technique.)

Robust and predictable.

[TheCADWhisperer · Accepted solution]

Sketch on the Origin Planes. (Search Google - The BORN Technique.)

Robust and predictable.

[Anonymous]

Both methods worked.

The grid lines were correctly oriented on sketch based on a contruction. Drawback : more clutter (the construction plane)

The grid lines were correctly oriented on the sketch placed on an origin plane. That also has drawbacks, which I will discuss in the thread forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-support/how-to-edit-features-without-design-history/td-p/9646494.

[Anonymous]

Both methods worked.

The grid lines were correctly oriented on sketch based on a contruction. Drawback : more clutter (the construction plane)

The grid lines were correctly oriented on the sketch placed on an origin plane. That also has drawbacks, which I will discuss in the thread forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-support/how-to-edit-features-without-design-history/td-p/9646494.

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@Anonymous wrote:

1. Drawback : more clutter (the construction plane)

2. That also has drawbacks, which I will discuss in the thread forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-support/how-to-edit-features-without-design-history/td-p/9646494.

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1. Are you interested in the obtaining correct geometry or in pretty screen?

2. That is a different issue, different thread discussion. I was only addressing one issue in this thread.  Each solution depends on the problem description.

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@Anonymous wrote:

1. Drawback : more clutter (the construction plane)

2. That also has drawbacks, which I will discuss in the thread forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-support/how-to-edit-features-without-design-history/td-p/9646494.

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1. Are you interested in the obtaining correct geometry or in pretty screen?

2. That is a different issue, different thread discussion. I was only addressing one issue in this thread.  Each solution depends on the problem description.

[Anonymous]

I am interested in having a correct geometry. I don't mind a pretty screen. I do mind clutter.

[Anonymous]

I am interested in having a correct geometry. I don't mind a pretty screen. I do mind clutter.

[GabeTL]

I know this is probably a dead thread, but for anyone who stumbles upon it in the future, creating a construction plane with a zero offset worked for me.  I had an issue where the grid in the sketch would show the Y axis flipped, which would make an exported DXF of the sketch rotated 180°.  This happened if I used the top surface of the part as the sketch plane, or if I used an origin plane.  Making a zero offset construction plane on an origin plane aligned the grid correctly.

[GabeTL]

I know this is probably a dead thread, but for anyone who stumbles upon it in the future, creating a construction plane with a zero offset worked for me.  I had an issue where the grid in the sketch would show the Y axis flipped, which would make an exported DXF of the sketch rotated 180°.  This happened if I used the top surface of the part as the sketch plane, or if I used an origin plane.  Making a zero offset construction plane on an origin plane aligned the grid correctly.