Make a joint to a specific dimensional point on a component.

[pendlej]

I am trying to join the socket in the picture to the outside of cylinder tube at an exact dimensional location.

What is the best way to do this?

I managed to get the two pin ends to connect my making a small hole in them to snap a joint to. But this was easy because when you creat a hole it picks the center. So this will not work on this occasion, unless its possible to tell fusion exactly where to create the hole on the cylinder.

[Dennis.Ossadnik · Accepted solution]

Hi pendlej,

I would suggest to create a sketch with a point on the outside of your cylinder tube.

You can apply dimensions to take control over your point.

After that use a joint to fit the pin and the cylinder.

I created a video here:

https://screencast.autodesk.com/Main/Details/da97d7e4-5643-4327-b3a6-45778f298fb7

I hope I understood correctly what you are looking for.

[pendlej]

That's exactly what I needed to do many thanks.

I considered the perpendicular plane but still couldn't get the sketch tool to recognise it and draw on it. I managed to get round it by placing a square bar inside the cylinder at the centre, which it would then allow me to sketch a circle on at a specific location and then press pull it out to cut a hole through the cylinder, then I could snap the centre of the socket to the centre of the hole.

I will follow your steps from now on as your way was much faster and much more efficient.

Can't thank you enough.

Kind Regards,

James