Profile Origin and Orientation

This command allows to modify the origin and the direction of a profile.

Creation stages / Use:

Select the 2D Sketch > Operations > Profile Origin and Orientation... command from the drop-down menu.

Three selection modes are suggested:

All profiles: all the profiles of the sketch are selected. In this case, orientation of the profiles can be modified only.
List of profiles: this mode allows you to select several profiles one by one. In this case, orientation of the profiles can be modified only.
One profile: this mode allows you to select one profile only. In this case, origin and orientation of the profile can be modified.

When the profile has been selected, TopSolid displays a circle at the origin of the profile and also a blue arrow which shows the direction of the profile.

Then you can:

double-click on the arrow or check the Orientation option in order to revert the direction of the profile(s).
choose the Orientation for all the selectionned profile, choose a direction (reverse, clockwise or anti-clockwise).

This modification is an operation, it is not visible in the sketch edition.

A command with the same name is also available in the 3D Sketch > Operations menu.

Available options:

With the One profile mode and if this profile is closed, the Origin option allows you to locate the new origin of the profile.

For this, three modes are available:

Point: this option allows you to define the new origin by selecting a point.
Middle point: this option allows you to define the new origin from a middle point of one segment of the profile.
Ratio point: this option allows you to define the new origin from a point positionned along a segment (the 0 ratio correspond to the origin of the segment, the 0,5 ratio correspond to the middle of the segment and the 1 ratio correspond to the end of the segment).

In these 3 modes, when the point is not on the profile, it is automatically projected according to the perpendicular direction on the nearest segment.

The Offset field allows you to move the origin with the given value according to the arrow direction.