How to modify the coordinate system of a flowitem ?

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clemrphl asked May 14 2024 at 3:08 PM Jeanette F commented May 15 2024 at 3:25 PM

How to modify the coordinate system of a flowitem ?

I designed a saggar on FreeCAD to use it as a flowitem in Flexsim, but the flowitem is rotated by 90°, so the coordinate system is wrong for absolutely no reason (Y and Z axes are inverted). I tried many file format but same problem every time.

I tried to just rotate the shape using shape factors, but it doesn't affect the coordinate system orientation so the flowitems are still flipped in processors or conveyors. I have to keep the saggars the right way (so the saggars lay on the bottom, not on an edge) to be well-packed in tote, how can I do that ?

Thank you in advance for your response,

Software Version:

FlexSim 24.1.0

3d object

kiln-furniture-2.fsm (117.9 KiB)

gazette-ikf.obj (62.6 KiB)

gazette-ikf.off (24.8 KiB)

gazette-ikf.ply (18.0 KiB)

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Answer 1 · 2024-05-14T16:35:40Z

Patrick Cloutier answered May 14 2024 at 4:35 PM clemrphl commented May 15 2024 at 8:36 AM

I encountered the same issue recently and after much trial and error, I discovered that the easiest way to fix this is to rotate the object in the software in which you created it (FreeCAD). I was using Sketchup but the principle is the same.

I think the reason for this is because not all software use the same standard for xyz orientation.

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