I'm using Frame Generator with 3D sketch lines to design a railing.
When placing this frame part (a 2 x 2 sq. tube post) using a 3D sketch line as the member, the part itself is rotated approx. 12.41° off 90° by default (with rotation set to 0°).
I tweaked the rotation to straighten it out, by setting it to 12.41° and came close, HOWEVER, it's not quite perfect and causes some other issues. Now that I need to offset in direction "A" by .077", the direction of the offset is out of plane with the direction I want it to go. So now I'll have to play with offsets for A and B just to get it to move along the direction I need it to (thanks to the -12.41° rotation)
How to actually fix this sketch line so it's "normal" is in-line with the rest of the drawing? (That way I don't have to figure out a rotation for it and can just leave it as the default 0°, and so offsets move in a sensible way).
Is there such a thing as "normals" with lines?
Worth mentioning, the railing is NOT parallel to X or Y axis, (but the frame part's "Offset A" and "Offset B" are). See below:
This railing is at an angle due to being part of a drawing that follows the contour of an existing deck. I understand this behavior is correct, and it looks like frame parts will default their axis of movement/rotation to that of the assembly they're created in, but I'd still like to understand how to change this behavior, if possible.
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I figured it out!
I've never messed with the "Rotate Around Selected Point" checkbox before, haven't had a reason to until now... and didn't know what it does until now. I just disabled it and now the part's Offset A & B moves as desired.
You can mark this one solved or whatever. Hopefully it saves others some time.
if you choise all lines before aply the frame you can see all parts with same angle. if you aply before fnish the select you must use align command on the bottom of orientation panel like picture good luck.
No problem, I didn't know about Align either, so your reply was still very helpful. Thank you, @talha.tufan523TD !
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