https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/how-to-align-components-of-a-rigid-group-to-another-component/m-p/12956543#M12575 <P>Hi,</P> <P>This is how it works with a joint.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><div class="lia-vid-container video-embed-center"><div id="lia-vid-6360373658112w928h540r641" class="lia-video-brightcove-player-container"><video-js data-video-id="6360373658112" data-account="6057940548001" data-player="default" data-embed="default" class="vjs-fluid" controls="" data-application-id="" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;"></video-js></div><script src="https://players.brightcove.net/6057940548001/default_default/index.min.js"></script><script>(function() { var wrapper = document.getElementById('lia-vid-6360373658112w928h540r641'); var videoEl = wrapper ? wrapper.querySelector('video-js') : null; if (videoEl) { if (window.videojs) { window.videojs(videoEl).ready(function() { this.on('loadedmetadata', function() { this.el().querySelectorAll('.vjs-load-progress div[data-start]').forEach(function(bar) { bar.setAttribute('role', 'presentation'); bar.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true'); }); }); }); } }})();</script><a class="video-embed-link" href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/video/gallerypage/video-id/6360373658112">(view in My Videos)</a></div></P> <P><BR />However, like <a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2768685">@TrippyLighting</a>, I recommend that you study the basic knowledge of joints.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>günther</P> Tue, 13 Aug 2024 18:18:00 GMT g-andresen 2024-08-13T18:18:00Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/how-to-align-components-of-a-rigid-group-to-another-component/m-p/12956430#M12572 <P>I want to align the two towers in the rigid group to the base, so that they are centered along the x-axis. The towers should retain their relative position.<BR />Basically, the midplanes should align after the procedure.<BR /><BR /></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="jay_tay_0-1723569653675.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1397403i8A75069B2A9DE873/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="jay_tay_0-1723569653675.png" alt="jay_tay_0-1723569653675.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I've tried to align the midplane from the rigid group to the midplane of the base, but that simply moves the midplane, without moving the towers.&nbsp;<BR /><BR />What's the best approach here?<BR /><BR />Thanks for your help!</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:23:18 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/how-to-align-components-of-a-rigid-group-to-another-component/m-p/12956430#M12572 jay_tay 2024-08-13T17:23:18Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/how-to-align-components-of-a-rigid-group-to-another-component/m-p/12956502#M12573 <P>You don't want to aligne thes componets but check out the assembly joint functionality.</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="TrippyLighting_0-1723571706328.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1397415i695FD5D135B4885C/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="TrippyLighting_0-1723571706328.png" alt="TrippyLighting_0-1723571706328.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=ASM-JOINTS" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Here's a link</A> to the documentation for joints.</P> Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:56:18 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/how-to-align-components-of-a-rigid-group-to-another-component/m-p/12956502#M12573 TrippyLighting 2024-08-13T17:56:18Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/how-to-align-components-of-a-rigid-group-to-another-component/m-p/12956541#M12574 <P>Thanks for trying to help. But you're a bit cryptic.<BR />Do you mean: I can't use the rigid group to align the components?<BR />I'm aware of the joint functionality. But how does that help here?</P> Tue, 13 Aug 2024 18:17:27 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/how-to-align-components-of-a-rigid-group-to-another-component/m-p/12956541#M12574 jay_tay 2024-08-13T18:17:27Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/how-to-align-components-of-a-rigid-group-to-another-component/m-p/12956543#M12575 <P>Hi,</P> <P>This is how it works with a joint.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><div class="lia-vid-container video-embed-center"><div id="lia-vid-6360373658112w928h540r733" class="lia-video-brightcove-player-container"><video-js data-video-id="6360373658112" data-account="6057940548001" data-player="default" data-embed="default" class="vjs-fluid" controls="" data-application-id="" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;"></video-js></div><script src="https://players.brightcove.net/6057940548001/default_default/index.min.js"></script><script>(function() { var wrapper = document.getElementById('lia-vid-6360373658112w928h540r733'); var videoEl = wrapper ? wrapper.querySelector('video-js') : null; if (videoEl) { if (window.videojs) { window.videojs(videoEl).ready(function() { this.on('loadedmetadata', function() { this.el().querySelectorAll('.vjs-load-progress div[data-start]').forEach(function(bar) { bar.setAttribute('role', 'presentation'); bar.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true'); }); }); }); } }})();</script><a class="video-embed-link" href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/video/gallerypage/video-id/6360373658112">(view in My Videos)</a></div></P> <P><BR />However, like <a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2768685">@TrippyLighting</a>, I recommend that you study the basic knowledge of joints.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>günther</P> Tue, 13 Aug 2024 18:18:00 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/how-to-align-components-of-a-rigid-group-to-another-component/m-p/12956543#M12575 g-andresen 2024-08-13T18:18:00Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/how-to-align-components-of-a-rigid-group-to-another-component/m-p/12956555#M12576 <P>Thanks a lot!&nbsp;</P> Tue, 13 Aug 2024 18:25:55 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/how-to-align-components-of-a-rigid-group-to-another-component/m-p/12956555#M12576 jay_tay 2024-08-13T18:25:55Z