topic Re: Move object to surface in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Move object to surface

smallfavor — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 15:40:28 GMT

How does one move a edge or surface to contact another surface.

Re: Move object to surface

JimHeaney — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 15:46:34 GMT

You can do this by selecting the face or edge of the object you want to move, then ctrl-left-clicking on the face or edge you want to align it to, then right-clicking and hitting "align" or "align components" depending on if they are bodies or components.

For example, you can make two cylinders concentric with each other by ctrl-clicking on their outside surfaces, then right-clicking and hitting align.

Re: Move object to surface

smallfavor — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:16:25 GMT

Thanks! Does it matter what type of object is indicated in the dialogue box? Bodies,faces,components...?

Re: Move object to surface

JimHeaney — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:23:06 GMT

I believe that most things work fine. The only one that I've run into that can cause issues is if you try to align a body that is not part of a component with a component, sometimes the component will move instead of the body. I think it has to do with the origin of the top-level component not being movable.

Re: Move object to surface

TrippyLighting — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 17:58:21 GMT

@smallfavor wrote:

...Does it matter what type of object is indicated in the dialogue box? Bodies,faces,components...?

No, they put that in there just confuse users 😉