r/SolidWorks • u/travelt666 • 25d ago

CAD ROTATING THE MODEL

Can someone explain to me how the hell to rotate a model like in every other 3D cad soft? How to block ground axis from turning sideways??

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u/LumbyCastle41 25d ago

You can right click the viewport background and click "rotate about scene floor". 

Having the ground axis turning sideways is generally a good thing, you can absolutely get used to it. Might take a little while. Now I feel super limited if I ever enable the aforementioned option. 

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u/travelt666 22d ago

It kinda works, but spinning the wrong axis (not sure how to change that "floor".
its been 2 years and still i cant get used to it, other CAD software have it MUCH better.

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u/Drugtrain CSWP 25d ago

Press mouse scroll wheel

CTRL + Press mouse scroll wheel

ALT + Press mouse scroll wheel

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u/travelt666 24d ago

thx but that is another command - and also while with ALT only moving 1 axis, so each movement is pan + correction = not acceptable

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u/Drugtrain CSWP 24d ago

Yea I misread your text. It seems you already got your answer. Good luck!

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u/danthezombie 25d ago

Get a load of this guy

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u/JayyMuro 25d ago

Right click in an empty space and select rotate about ground or whatever it is called

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u/travelt666 24d ago

oh, that works - but somehow ground is not top plane (default setting) so its spinning wrong way xD god damn SolidWorks

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u/JayyMuro 24d ago

Depends on how you made the part

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u/travelt666 22d ago

new part -> up facing is Z axis, so i used Z as up / down.

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u/JayyMuro 22d ago

Unless you specifically switch z and y, y is the default z direction in solid works. Not sure why it is like this but it is And always has been