Inverting the Orientation of Geometry

This task shows you how to easily invert the orientation of a surface or curve.

Open any document containing wireframe or surface type element.

  1. Select the Insert -> Operations -> Invert Orientation... command.

  1. Select the surface or curve whose orientation is to be inverted.
    An arrow is displayed on the geometry indicating the orientation of the element and the Invert Definition dialog box is displayed.

  1. Click the arrow to invert the orientation of the element, or click the Click to Invert button.

  2. Click OK to accept the inverted element.

The element (identified as Inverse.xxx) is added to the specification tree.
Once the orientation is inverted, the Click to Invert button changes to Reset Initial whether you changed the orientation using the button itself, or the arrow.

 
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