How to make "top view" the "bottom view"

[RotaryRocket]

Hello all, I'm new to freecad and i have designed my first creation. After printing my part, i realized it may be more efficient on filament usage to print it top side down. The reorient drawing will not allow me to make the top the new bottom.

Is there a way to do this? TIA

[openBrain]

Isn't that something that should me managed with the slicing software ?

With FreeCAD, IMO the simplest method is to place everything in a Std_Part and rotate it.

[RotaryRocket]

I'm not sure. I'm using Cura and I've browsed around there and couldn't find anything to flip the model there either.

[drmacro]

I'm not sure. I'm using Cura and I've browsed around there and couldn't find anything to flip the model there either.

I suggest you look at the Cura tools for moving an placing the imported models on the bed.

They can move and rotate the model very easily.

[Zolko]

There is another use-case for this request: there are many conventions about what is "up":

1) for architectural usage, Z is UP, X is side-ways
2) for aeronautics, Z is UP, X is along the main axis towards the rear, (mostly) opposite to the velocity vector, and Y is side-ways
3) for space-engineering in low-Earth-orbit, Z-is DOWN, pointing towards the surface, X is along the velocity vector, and Y is side-ways
4) for optical design, Z is along the optical path, so mostly Y is UP, X is RIGHT, and Z is towards the user

Unfortunately, the FreeCAD 3D-cube in the corner has these values hard-coded, it's not possible to change even the text in it. It would be nice to be able to adjust the meaning of these views. The same is true for TechDraw: impossible to know in advance what "Top View" will give you.

[RotaryRocket]

Thank you everyone for the input! I found the rotate key within my slicer.

Its kind of like when I look for something for 20 mins and then go to ask my wife where it is and then i see it just staring at me

[adrianinsaval]

Unfortunately, the FreeCAD 3D-cube in the corner has these values hard-coded, it's not possible to change even the text in it. It would be nice to be able to adjust the meaning of these views. The same is true for TechDraw: impossible to know in advance what "Top View" will give you.

It's possible, there just isn't a built-in GUI for that, try cube-menu addon, not sure if it still works since it's unmaintained, worst case you can look in the code there what the parameters for those labels are, I don't think that has changed.

For the specific case of this topic, changing what the cube considers as top is irrelevant, the slicer will still consider z as the up direction by default. Best solutions for this case have already been mentioned: rotate in the slicer or add a rotation to the object's placement in FreeCAD