Hi,
I recently moved from AutoCAD to Solidworks 2004. I'm not an engineer
but a scientist and used it only for short periods (= not a systematic
knowledge). I already look to the online topic and I'm currently
studying a tutorial.
I have a very basic question I've not been able to solve that is making me crazy.
I draw a 3D part and later I want to add another feature. consisting on another part that will be attached to the first one.
This part must be attached to a cylindrical shape, so that there are no
reference planes to start in drawing it. I draw the new component but
it is offset respect to the right position.
While I know how to assemble components, I did not understand how to
MOVE and ROTATE the new object in the part drawing. If I select the
object in the features manager the move and rotate features are not
available.
This must be something really stupid - sorry about that - and probably the heritage of AutoCAD mind-shape doesn't help.
Thanks very much for any advice.
I recently moved from AutoCAD to Solidworks 2004. I'm not an engineer
but a scientist and used it only for short periods (= not a systematic
knowledge). I already look to the online topic and I'm currently
studying a tutorial.
I have a very basic question I've not been able to solve that is making me crazy.
I draw a 3D part and later I want to add another feature. consisting on another part that will be attached to the first one.
This part must be attached to a cylindrical shape, so that there are no
reference planes to start in drawing it. I draw the new component but
it is offset respect to the right position.
While I know how to assemble components, I did not understand how to
MOVE and ROTATE the new object in the part drawing. If I select the
object in the features manager the move and rotate features are not
available.
This must be something really stupid - sorry about that - and probably the heritage of AutoCAD mind-shape doesn't help.
Thanks very much for any advice.