Move Assembly to Origin in Solidworks

Learn how to reorient a complex assembly to a new coordinate system when the model was misaligned from the start. For basic assemblies it may be easier to start over; however, when the assembly is larger and more unwieldy, you may want to try and salvage it. This video will show you some tricks how to do just that.

This is a real example from my class of a clock assembly that a student was struggling with. They needed the full assembly in a certain orientation to make an in-context part, but when they tried to reorient the assembly, they got a ton of errors. This tutorial will show you some ways to organize your assembly so that you can reorient the assembly while maintaining most of its functionality. You’ll learn how to create a reference point, a reference coordinate system, switch between a float and fixed assembly, create sub-assemblies from already assembled parts, and much more. Take a look!