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JWJohn Willett11/03/2015
I have somehow ended up with a coordinate system for my assembly that is not where I want it. (Let's defer the question of how it got where it is. The first component added to the assembly had an origin where I wanted the assembly origin; I thought that would do the trick. Anyhow I don't want to re-create the assembly now.) There are the following instructions in SW help on how to move a coordinate system:
"To translate a coordinate system to a new location:
- Click Coordinate System
(Reference Geometry toolbar) or .
- Define the coordinate system at a location on the part or assembly that provides the entities you need to control the angle and direction of each axis.
- Click in Origin, then select the point or vertex to which you want to translate the origin.
- Click
."
My problem is that I don't understand step (3). Once I have placed a new coordinate system (or selected an old one) where I want the assembly's coordinate system to be, how do I then move the latter to the former? -- John Willett