i'm importing solids from another solid modeller, basically a model of planet earth.
some of the assumptions i used in the previous modelling effort, i ALWAYS used 0,0,0 or 50,0,0 as a center for the spherical surface i used as a tool to shape the solids. (no pear-shaped earth, in this case, just a spherical geometry.)
in trying to re-assemble these solids in sWorks, i had the impression, from limited training and from something an applications eng'r. told me, that there is no "universal 0,0,0" in sWorks.
now that's perfectly fine, i can work without a universal 0,0,0.
BUT ... HOWEVER ... i just imported a solid and used the point-face method for adding an axis. put construction lines on those axes, then tried a "trim" to see if the lines intersected to define a center.
MUCH TO MY SURPRISE ... the lines in one case did intersect. at the little "XY" icon. zooming in over and over again, it's not just close. it's a dead-nuts bulls-eye.
so somehow the center of a solid from the other program has ended up at the "XY" icon in the 3D sketch mode.
so, is there a universal 0,0,0 in sWorks ?
just now i tried to find a "user input line" to type in 0,0,0 for a point when i'm in 3D sketch. didn't find anything.
thanks.