Rotating sketches: Two point selection to control reference line endpoint?

Rotating sketches: Two point selection to control reference line endpoint?

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Rotating sketches: Two point selection to control reference line endpoint?

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In most other CAD software I've used, when you rotate a sketch, you have two selections you need to make after selecting the objects you want to rotate. First you select the center of rotation, and then you select the end point of that rotation, thus creating an imaginary reference line for rotation. This allows for intuitive and quick control of rotation and allows for snapping to existing sketch features if need be, perhaps at an arbitrary angle and arbitary feature.

 

In autodesk inventor, I can't seem to do this. The option seems incredibly dumbed down. As far as I can tell, you can ONLY select the center point of rotation? The reference line for rotation is automatically the horizontal line/plane and there is no way to change the end-point of that reference? This means you basically have to know the angle every time before you rotate it as you can't just snap features to other features with the rotation command.

 

Or is there a way to do this? How can you have just the choice of the centerpoint and the angle, without the end point of the rotation reference line in a modern CAD?

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JDMather
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In Inventor I use dimensions to enter exact angles.

I would probably first convert to Sketch Block.

Attach your *.ipt file here if you can't figure it out.


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CCarreiras
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Hi!

 

Of course you can select a rotation point... and input the rotation level snaping to all the points across the geometry... or you can input a fix angle value.

 

 

Tip: I your geometry doesn't rotate smoothly:

Open the "more options" tab      >>     to check what's the expected behavior when existing constrains and/or dimensions.

 

 

 

 

CCarreiras

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