This dialog allows user to orient the part to have it aligned parallel to World Coordinate System (WCS). The dialog offers a convenient way of selecting each of the six principal directions to set the cutting direction.
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Screen Activity
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Step 1
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Open part file.
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Step 2
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Select Part Orient… from Transform menu to display the Orient Entire Part dialog box.
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Step 3
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From the dialog box, select the WCS direction to orient the part to.
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Step 4
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Select to Set as Current View Direction if desired.
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Optional
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Step 5
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Pick OK and the part is now oriented as shown below.
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Once you select a WCS direction, all of the geometry will be rotated to an orientation where the selected cutting direction becomes the negative Z axis.
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Orients the part parallel to the current view orientation.
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