flipping a DXF

[g-nick]

I have received some 2D DXF drawings. I can import the drawings but they come in on the wrong axis. The drawing does come in, but I am looking at the bottom of the drawing border. So i am just seeing a straight line. I think the drawings were exported in solid works and that software must use the XZ axis for the front view instead of the XY axis. Does anyone know how to flip this file from the XZ axis to the XY when bringing the drawing in?

 

Any help is appreciated. Im in kind of a hurry, so if you could email me, it would be beneficial. agollnick@constar.net

[A1DWG]

Not sure about Solid Works, but if you go to View>3D Views> and then pick a view, I would use an Isometric first, just to check...

[CarlB]

If you have to rotate objects, you could use the "3drotate" command.

[ammobake]

You could also use the traditional "rotate" command but you would have to rotate the UCS in the proper orientation to do that. The classic rotate command basically only rotates objects around the Z axis based on the point you give it in 2d. Therefore, if you wanted to rotate an object along the X axis you would have to orient the Z axis where the X axis was originally (too much work anyway).

 

I never use anything other than 3drotate when i'm working with 3d objects. It just saves the hastle. You can define your axis by selecting two points and the easiest way to do that is to either use ortho to define 2 points along the axis you want or select 2 points of the object already on that axis of rotation.

 

You would then obviously save the DXF in the proper 3d orientation before inserting it again (duh).

 

-ChriS

[fuccaro]

Rotate the UCS around the OX with 90%%d (with the UCS command). Enter PLAN in the command line and it should show the drawing.