Change the orientation of derived part?

[Anonymous]

hi

when i place a component in an assembly i have the option of orientating it but i have no angle option nor can i change the angle accurately after its placed

i need to place several parts in position at angles so that i can measure the distances between different places i will also wish to ground the parts

also i do not have a middle mouse button so rotation is awkward at best of times

any ideas anyone

cheers

[JDMather]

You title says Derived, but you description says Assembly.

In Derived you can use the Move/Rotate Body.

In assembly you can use Assembly Constraints or iProperties (Occurence tab).

[Anonymous]

sorry i was looking at other posts and it just slipped in i ment assembly part

the problem is if i have a part on its own or parts that do not make contact with each other how do i constrain them or orient them to specific angles and positions

cheers  for your rapid post

[swalton · Accepted solution]

One way is to place constraints between the part and the origin geometry in the assembly.  Work to model your parts so that the part origin geometry is useful for constraining the part in later assemblies.

Just because components don't touch in the real world, doesn't mean that you can't apply a constraint with an offset between them.

[JDMather · Accepted solution]

Using the origin in as reference,

ANY part can be placed in ANY desired position in an assembly using assembly constraints.

[Anonymous]

this sounds like just what im after could you tell me details on how this is achieived please

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

just to answer my own question

you select surface or part click on constrain then on angular constraint, then in the assembly tab click on angle in the type section, followed by clicking  on a plane in the browser origin section

cheers to all that helped with this