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SOLIDWORKS uses transformations to translate between the coordinate system of the part of the coordinate system of the sketch. Check out the coordinates systems on the bottom left, in a sketch on the front plane (left) and on the right plane (right). Each sketch plane uses its own coordinate system.How matrices are used in SOLIDWORKSĮverything SOLIDWORKS does uses matrices: The length of the vector stays the same when you only change the orientation. When you multiply a 3×3 matrix with a 3×1 (3 rows, 1 column) vector, the result is another 3×1 vector with a different direction. It’s basically an arrow from the origin to this point. A matrix with three rows and one column (called a column vector or column matrix) is used to describe a point in 3D. The matrix above has two rows and three columns. We are not going to talk about Neo today (although you might want to check out this cool behind the scenes video). If you have no idea what a matrix is, then I might have to disappoint you. Matrices are everywhere in SOLIDWORKS What’s a matrix? How you can help to make this article even betterġ.Conclusion: transformations are everywhere.Available transformation matrices within SOLIDWORKS.9 spaces: model space / view space / sheet space.Matrices are everywhere in SOLIDWORKS (+what is a matrix).If you are having trouble too, this post is for you. I’ve been struggling with transformations for a few days now.Īnd I really needed this post.