Issue with orientation of rectangle due to Point2d limitation?

[J_Pfeifer_]

Good afternoon everyone, 

Running into an issue here. Simply put I need to create a rectangle to start building out the gussets for this fitting. The problem I'm running into stems from my understanding, or lack thereof the point2d objects. From what I can gather the creation of these 2Dpoints are being established from the basic part graph. In other words the origin point and it's location based on the first and second rectangle point. 

I need to have the ability to rotate my main Ucs (that controls everything else) such that the rectangle will be associated to that rotation. Typically I've done this by establishing dimensional/Geometric constraints to hold or move the rectangle to the correct location. However in this case as soon as I change the main rotation the constraints explode. 

In the attachments you will see the rectangle creation, then in the second picture where I rotated that main UCS. The rectangle stays in the exact same location. If I apply the constraints it just fails to rotate due to errors. 

I see that you can create a rectangle  by two points using sketch points as the main points for the rectangle to be created, however the kicker is, in order to establish those sketch points it seemingly requires Point2d objects to be associated to. 

How would one go about associating these point 2d objects to the UCS origin or the UCS "Graph" that would rotate along with the desired dimension? 

Post edit: Another way to say, I simply want to create the point2d objects themselves "ontop" of the UCS. 

  

@WCrihfield  @A.Acheson 

[A.Acheson]

Hi @J_Pfeifer_ 

I haven’t reviewed all your info detail but it sounds like you need to project geometry your points or planes from the UCS in order to dimension the triangle to. I would suggest write down the steps you doing it manually and recreate those exact steps. As for the constraints exploding maybe it’s how the rectangle was created.

Can you attach a trimmed down test code your using and a step by step of how to create the part to the point of sketch failure?

[J_Pfeifer_]

I was able to create a work around for my issue in this case. As opposed to trying to draw on the top surface. I simply attached my sketch to the side of the UCS I would like it to rotate to. Then did some strange modeling to make sure that it would create the part I was looking for. Very atypical modeling direction to make it work, I'm now coming from the center of my part and doing a bunch of calculations to dictate the location I need. 

This is something I'll break down into when I have more downtime or ability to pursue informational projects. Too new at my position to spend 3 days developing a way through a problem. For now I'm just looking for work arounds. 

At some point I will round back to this and find a way to force the otg.point2d's to follow a specific rotation or find a new way to create the objects themselves.