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Re: Z-Up Modeling in Solidworks

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Originally Posted by Mike Schreiber View Post
I'm on Solidworks 2015 until we get our new licenses for this season (should be any day now). Can you save a backwards compatible version?
Unfortunately I don't think SolidWorks lets you. But basically, in a part/assembly (you can even do it with a part/assembly and save it as a template part/assembly), with the Features tab selected, go to Reference Geometry and select Coordinate Frame. (Sorry, screen shots are huge)

http://imgur.com/fy4L3sN

Then use the following settings:

http://imgur.com/Jcf3FdH

The selected axis will be normal to the plane you select.
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