I am doing a textbook exercise using Inventor 2015. This should be the end result:
Trying to align the Blue Plate on the Base Plate I click the Constraint button --> Insert Button --> hole in base plate
If I then just click on the hole in the Blue Plate
and then click OK I get the Blue Plate hole lined up properly, but the Blue Plate inverted.
To get the alignment correct I had to use the ViewCube to see the rear side of the Blue Plate and click on the hole in it from that side.
There must be a way to change the direction of the alignment arrow but I can't find it. Would someone please help me out here.
Thanks
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Niels van der Veer
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"If you do not want to rotate, you could hold your cursor near the (invisible) edge you need, right-click and choose "select other" to select the edge you need."
I tried that but I don't get the option to "select other". Instead, I find that Inventor 2015 shows me the other end of the hole and I can click on that which gives the desired effect.
Thanks
Yes, inventor will recognize available edges.
If there are more possible/overlapping edges at the spot where you right click it should look something like this:
Happy constraining!
Niels van der Veer
Inventor professional user & 3DS Max enthusiast
Vault professional user/manager
The Netherlands
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