Blocks

Previously, blocks inherited their origin location from the parent sketch. Now, the origin of a block is aligned to the orientation of the sketch entity.

Origin Location

You can change the origin location and orientation for blocks and sketches.
Align Grid/Origin replaces the Align Grid.

To Use Align Grid/Origin with blocks:

Create blocks from several sketch entities.

In Edit Block mode, click Tools, Sketch Tools, Align, Align Grid/Origin.

In the PropertyManager, under Selections:

Select a vertex or point to change the origin

for Sketch Origin Location.

Click in X axis (horizontal) or Y axis (vertical), and select a line to change the orientation of the sketch origin.

You can select internal or external sketch entities as references to define both the orientation and the location along the X or Y axis.

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Geometry within the block uses the new coordinate system.

A warning shows if existing relations conflict with the new coordinate system. Delete the relations to apply the new coordinate system.

There is no association between the block and the references you select after you apply changes.

Using Align Grid/Origin in Sketches

Functionality with sketches is similar to blocks except that you can either relocate:

Only the origin to any of the sketch entities.

All the sketch entities in the model.

Convert Blocks to Construction Geometry

You can toggle between normal and construction geometry with the Construction Geometry

tool (Sketch tools). The construction geometry blocks icon

is displayed with a dashed border in the FeatureManager design tree.