Reorienting the Global Origin on an Imported Part

How to reorient the global origin on an imported model in SolidWorks 2010

[@jollysingh47]

This the basic things very few people have videos on this particular topic ur epic . It helps a lot in camworks

[@vinsanity_52]

Thank you so much! I have had such a hard time finding this anywhere

[@louisedriggers4367]

Thank you very much indeed. Clearly expressed and very,very useful tutorial.

[@Willy_in_your_Wonka]

Thank you so much! was struggling with this for almost an hour

[@joker777ize]

Thank you very much, I tried this method on the model STL format that I working with and it worked

[@mehmet2247]

How easy and functional. Thanks a lot

[@chrisjay1991]

You Sir are amazing!

[@neznamkaj]

Tnx alot, i couldnt find that anywere :S
It is super good step by step tutorial :)

[@ProgressionSupport]

If you don't care to Export -> Import, you can use the "Move/Copy Bodies" command, there are two modes you can be in; "Constraints", or "Translate/Rotate". Check the help for more information.

[@NathanGrayW]

THIS! Is exactly what I needed. Thank you.

[@davidpeigne6220]

Thanks for this topic. I've solved my problem.

[@saundersdane]

BAM! thank you...that last step was key!

[@michalito2062]

Thank you so much. that helped a LOT!

[@sevenlights1889]

Exllent Sir
Thank you.

[@aminetissy]

thank you, very nice and clear

[@supersprint]

Thank you, that was very helpful.

[@tomcamera]

Thank You. Good explanation.

[@estradapedro5579]

Thank you very much! I served pretty with an ensemble, thank you good day

[@MrsMcMarina]

thank you very much for the video!

[@manapfaris]

thank you so much! God bless

[@iankavuma1581]

Thank you hugely

[@eurazwy1991]

Thanks from Romania.

[@prithivigurung1428]

Thank You So much !!!

[@3nginuur]

There are videos stating you need to create reference geometry and assign the origin then save it out with the new origin but this only seems to work if the planes are aligned when they are imported, for parts for ex. catia where the part is in air plane coordinates I cannot seem to change the origin.... tried a lot videos... only way for me to through the day is to translate the origin in catia and save out...

[@hakahaka4798]

gracias bro ;) fue de gran ayuda :), thank you very much;)

[@jn_gutierrez]

Excellent

[@jordanlee1439]

Off-topic question:
When I click and drag my left mouse button, SolidWorks 2015 defaults to selection/highlight. Any way I can default the left mouse button to rotate? I've googled all sorts of ways to fix this, but ultimately I've reluctantly settled on a keyboard shortcut to enable "rotate view".

[@alanezzz]

Hi. thank you so much for the video, but is it possible to do this with a .sldprt file ? cause when I want to save as my file, there is no Option button! Please reply & thanks ! :)

[@pierreboyer9277]

Do you know how to do that in catia or freecad? Thanks !

[@plant3dtutor]

Thank you so much ^^

[@NuskyPham]

thank you so much

[@ivan868]

Excellent! :)

[@kandasamyrajan]

Thank you

[@janakiramann73]

thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@csratrn]

Can this be done in a .prt/.sldprt file? If so, how do I save it in order for the new cordinate system to be taken as the global one?

[@Tony49Romas]

Thanks

[@sr8shoota]

I was hoping it would also import the sketch features.

[@genopsyism]

Good tutorial. Silly that we have to export then import :/

[@sarabirns7376]

Did you ever get to the bottom of this issue? I am having the same problem.

[@nusakara]

fixed in later versions

[@ercmx6271]

Good

[@ananyabhardwaj8578]

bhosad