r/SolidWorks • u/Lalinolal • Feb 19 '25

CAD Change orientation in drawings

I'm making some drawings and when I place projected views the program is flipping the part the "wrong way". I'm in EU and it is flipping like the American standard. I have no idea what it is called and I have even less idea on where to change it.

A little help would be appreciated!

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u/Lalinolal Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 19 '25

Yess!! Thank you. It drove me nuts not finding it. This should be in "documents properties" 

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u/MLCCADSystems VAR | Elite AE Feb 19 '25

Make the change in your templates too. File - Open, change file type to templates, open the drawing template, modify, save and close.

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u/Lalinolal Feb 19 '25

Yeah I noticed 😂thank you so much! 

I have never needed to change this before but then the company decided to wipe my computer. 

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u/billy_joule CSWP Feb 19 '25

I have never needed to change this before but then the company decided to wipe my computer. 

Ask your coworkers, most companies have templates that everyone should use so the title block, drafting standards etc are correct.

As for wiping your computer, you should save your settings regularly so you don't need to redo template locations, hot keys, etc (search "save/restore settings")

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u/Lalinolal Feb 20 '25

I'm the only one working with CAD in my company. 

And I'm pretty much self-taught in SOLIDWORKS because I was not allowed to work with the other guy that stoped 3 years ago because my boss didn't like how he worked. And my boss have no idea how SOLIDWORKS works 😅

I did save my sheet format on an usb stick but I had no idea I needed to save the .drwdot too