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Reference geometry

- Sometimes, while working with more complicated assemblies, we're going to need to add in some reference geometry. Now adding reference geometry to assemblies is almost exactly the same as adding it to parts. So you click under the reference geometry tab right here at the top, under assembly. Notice I have plane, axes, coordinate system, point, center of mass, and mate reference. So starting off with plane, most of the time, when you create a plane, it's going to ask you for certain references that's going to be a plane, a point, or a line. If I just choose one of those, I can choose a plane and it just makes an offset from that plane. If I end up choosing a couple of different things, it's going to allow me to hinge that off of a certain, or maybe put at an angle to something, that I can adjust this angle here by saying this face. I'm giving it a 138 degree angle from that edge. It's rotating around that edge, so that's a couple quick ways to add reference planes to your part. I can…

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