I can specify an MCS at the beginning of the job, and align the stock and so on. Since that is more of a CAD complaint, I gave up on that now and applying milling operations to the part as it is. This seems ridiculous to me, why can't I just grab that single imported object and rotate it in situ? I've read some suggestions out there, but I haven't yet figured out exactly how to do this using an assembly or a boolean operation to create yet another new drawing, rotate the part inside it, then export it as a solid, then import it into a new part.

Modifying this part with further sketches and extrusions/cuts, etc and then CAMing is a little inconvenient with the orientation all rotated, but not impossible.Ĭan anyone point me to a simple way of rotating either the imported part, or the co-ordinate system of an Alibre part drawing? When importing solids models, some of our parts have been drawn in a co-ordinate system that does not match the orientation of how they will be machined on a mill.Īlibre does not give me an option to specify the orientation of the imported part, and assumes the origin and orientation of the step/iges part.

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