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OPEN FULL SIZE ↗An angled base view sends projection lines along its local directions, explaining the diagonal arrangement.Explanatory drawing based on this record
RECORD LOCATED / 2026.04.15
SOLIDWORKS View Projection Issue
A conversation-specific public summary of solidworks view projection issue, distilled from the supplied export. The detailed excerpts remain available in the released note file.
CHAT-0356REV EXPORT-03
AI narration using Robert's voice. SOLIDWORKS View Projection Issue / short introduction.
A CLOSER LOOK
Projected views follow their base
OPEN FULL SIZE ↗- Base
- Rotated on the sheet
- Projection
- Normal to that view
- Result
- Diagonal sheet placement
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STATUSRECOVERED / SPECIFIC NOTE
MATERIALCHAT EXPORT / BUILD & TOOLS
DISPOSITIONPUBLIC CONVERSATION EXCERPTS / REDACTED
TECHNICAL NOTES///
Conversation-specific knowledge extracted from the solidworks view projection issue discussion.
EXTRACTED KNOWLEDGE / HOW-TOFROM CONVERSATION
QUESTION / CONTEXTWHY IS SOLID WORKS PROJECTING MY VIES LIKE THIS ALL OF THE SUDDEN
IMPORTANT GUIDANCE
- Your base view (the one you projected from) is not square to the sheet
- It’s rotated to match the weldment orientation (like your angled tube)
- So when you create a Projected View, SOLIDWORKS stays normal to that rotated view → which gives you those weird diagonal projections
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- Rotated the base view manually (View → Rotate View or drag rotate)
- Inserted the view using Model Orientation = Current
- The model itself is at an angle in the part/assembly
- Used a weldment that isn’t aligned to standard planes
Extracted from the conversation’s assistant responses and edited for public clarity. See the released note for additional redacted excerpts.
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2026.04.15EXPORT-04
Matched to the supplied export; key guidance is surfaced separately and the raw transcript remains unpublished.
SPECIFICATION///
SourceSupplied ChatGPT export
CategoryBuild & Tools
Conversation1 user turns / 1 assistant turns
Attachments6 references detected
Public detailExtracted knowledge + excerpts
RELEASED MATERIAL///
WHERE THIS STANDS
RECOVERED / SPECIFIC NOTE
The record keeps what is known at this revision. Unfinished tests stay unfinished here.