Originally Posted by
cadman
You can either rotate the part or create a new CS to machine from. Personally, I rotate the part.
Using Align to CS rotates the part to the CS. May or may not give you the desired results you want with faces that are curved.
New CS from View. Right clicking the CS palette and selecting New CS from View will create a new CS normal to the current view you are in. Depending on what curves the faces of you part has, this may be the better choice. Using the Trackball, just rotate the part to a view that would be how the part is machined, then create the CS as mentioned.
Rotating the part just involves creating CSs and rotating the part as you go. The Solids Aligment plug-in works with cylinders but not curved faces, so you may not be able to use this.
Creating a new CS to machine from is self explanatory, Align to CS & New CS from View are a couple methods. Just make sure you select the correct CS in
the Process tile.