Predetermine Position of Sketch Revolve Object

[prmod3d]

When using and exiting Sketch Revolve, the location of the new object defaults to the center of the Workspace. This results in the Revolve object often getting lost (or buried) within other existing objects on the Workspace. Could some method similar to Tinkercad be implemented?

In Tinkercad, the placement of the Revolve Sketch is initially determined by dropping a top-shaped object where you want it to be prior to entering Sketch mode -- anywhere on the main Workspace or attached and auto-aligned to the face of another object -- and that's where the Revolve object remains when exiting Sketch mode.

Currently, I can force a Revolve Sketch onto the face of another object by first applying a new Workspace to the face, and the resulting Revolve object will end up where expected; but creating a new Workspace on the existing Workspace just defaults to the existing Workspace and the Revolve object again is automatically centered, regardless of what other objects might exist there as well.

[henmedia]

@prmod3d, this is in 1.51.0: with the workplane tool, a click on the empty plate now puts the workplane at that spot (on the snap grid), and new shapes and finished sketches - a revolved one too - appear there instead of in the middle. A click beside the plate still resets it. Here is how it works.

[prmod3d]

Just tested and it works great. Thanks! My only issue is the crazy moire patterns created between 2 workplanes -- but maybe that's a result of my own grid settings and not with Layerling. However, I wonder if a compromise to prevent this from occurring would be to have the grids on the main Workplane automatically disappear (while retaining the border) when the secondary Workplane is superimposed on top?

[henmedia]

@prmod3d, thanks for testing, and you're right: it isn't your grid settings. When the workplane sits on the plate, both grids are drawn in the same plane, slightly offset, and that makes the moiré. I'll do it as you suggest: while a workplane lies flat on the plate, the plate shows only its outline and no grid. A tilted or raised workplane keeps the plate's grid, where it helps to see where you are.

[henmedia]

@prmod3d, this is in 1.56.0: while a workplane lies flat on the plate, the plate shows only its outline, so the two grids no longer make a moiré. A tilted or raised workplane keeps the plate's grid. Here is how it works.

[prmod3d]

Tested and works great. Thanks!