Sub-Assembly Placement Orientation

[SteveFrey]

I have a few assemblies when I insert them into a main assembly they are always upside down.  I'm looking at the front view in their native state but when I insert them into another assembly they are backwards, upside down, etc.  How to I correct this so they place right side up?

[CGBenner]

@SteveFrey 

If both the parent and sub-assembly were modeled in the same orientation, there shouldn't be anything that would cause this.  Can you share some screenshots or a sample assembly that behaves this way (even just a dummy one)?  Cuz this sounds like something is amiss... 🤔

[SteveFrey]

Sure. 

So Screen Shot 1 is the door assembly in it's native state.  

Screen Shot 2 is the main assembly which the door gets inserted into. When inserted the door is upside down as shown. 

[Gabriel_Watson]

Check under your Tools > App. Options > Display:

1- Set as "Use Application settings" to avoid different settings between components.

2- Check if your viewcube orientation is set the same way as whoever saved the parts last. Just a hunch.

Another place to look at is under Tools > Document Settings > Modelling > Settings (UCS) > Default Plane, to see if both your top assembly and subs are using the same plane as default.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi Steve,

I suspect the ViewCube in the assembly is set differently than the one in the door subassembly. Open the door subassembly and make sure the ViewCube Top is defined the same way.

Many thanks!

[SteveFrey]

They both are the same

[SteveFrey]

The origin planes are different.  How do I change it?

[johnsonshiue]

Hi Steve,

That will be tricky. Essentially you will need to constrain the parts differently. There isn't a way to reset the origin planes. For a part, you could use Direct Edit -> Rotate/Move or Move Bodies to reorient the body.

Many thanks!

[A.Acheson]

Best to change the sketch orientation on the workplanes, a direct edit can be used for imported parts. It takes a little time but then you get consistency when using constraints and also if you intent to use ilogic down the line to determine a rangebox size of a part the xyz orientation labels becomes important.  

[SteveFrey]

I'm totally confused.  Not a big deal.  I'm just going to re-create the door assembly from scratch as it's not a very complex assembly.