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Grounded Work Points
A grounded work point, like all work points, depends on an associated feature
to determine its location. A grounded work point uses features or work features
to initiate the grounded work point tool, but its position is then fixed in space
and not dependent on, or associated to, those or other features.
You can use a grounded work point in the same ways that you would a work
point. However, the grounded work point remains fixed in space regardless
of changes to model geometry. You can move a grounded work point with
the 3D Move/Rotate tool.
Workflow overview: Define a grounded work point
1 On the Part Features panel bar, click the arrow on the Work Point tool
and click Grounded Work Point.
2 Select a vertex, sketch point, or work point to initiate the 3D Move/Rotate
tool. A pushpin cursor symbol indicates the selection is grounded.
3 The 3D Move/Rotate tool axes are aligned with the principal axes of the
part. Click or drag an axis or center of the tool, and then enter values in
the 3D Move/ Rotate dialog box, and click Apply.
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