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Old bug is back: Align tool: Flipping also rotates

FrodoLoggins — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 13:14:48 GMT

Not sure why when aligning a component Fusion's back to also flipping it but that's fine I can just hit the flip button. Well wait the flip button also rotates the body. I hit the flip button:

Not the flip and rotate button:

Re: Old bug is back: Align tool: Flipping also rotates

seth.madore — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 01:05:09 GMT

Why would you use Align when a Joint is so much more usable and better defined??

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Re: Old bug is back: Align tool: Flipping also rotates

FrodoLoggins — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:55:17 GMT

I don't want to. When I hit "flip" is it supposed to flip the part or flip and rotate the part?

Re: Old bug is back: Align tool: Flipping also rotates

seth.madore — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:01:24 GMT

Use the right tools for the right tasks and stop running into avoidable issues?
It's going to align the faces in the manner is deems best. It's a crude tool at best, or something to be avoided at worst.

Re: Old bug is back: Align tool: Flipping also rotates

FrodoLoggins — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:13:25 GMT

I believe I am using the correct tool for the job it's just not behaving as it should.

Re: Old bug is back: Align tool: Flipping also rotates

seth.madore — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:55:23 GMT

I don't actually think this is a bug, but always happy to be proven wrong (I learn something each time I'm wrong).

If we repeat the workflow using the Joint tool and flip the part, we see that it, too, is flipping around. It looks like the Flip button is rotating the part around on the X axis, when I think what you're expecting is the Y axis to be the deciding "flip" axis:

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Re: Old bug is back: Align tool: Flipping also rotates

FrodoLoggins — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:16:23 GMT

The button is called "flip" and not "flip but also rotate sometimes". Fusion should have all the necessary information on which direction to flip based on the selections I have made. I could be wrong but this seems plain as day.