topic Re: Ground odd-angled face in Fusion Support Forum

Ground odd-angled face

burtronix — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:32:16 GMT

In the design space, I'm trying to ground a body or component against one of it's faces. To do this manually using the move command, it entails both a rotate & translate. But the face is at an odd angle relative to the xy-plane, so when I do it manually it ends up with some rounding error & never truly flat against the ground plane. This in turn propagates errors when I add to the design, & it ultimately fails in 3D printing because the attachment to the ground plane is not firm. I could ground a single object in my 3D slicing software, but the design includes multiple objects with print-in-place joints & links. It seems like there should be a simple solution, but I've searched & experimented for the better part of a day without success.

Re: Ground odd-angled face

seth.madore — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:35:15 GMT

Use a Joint?

Re: Ground odd-angled face

g-andresen — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:47:00 GMT

Hi,

Maybe "Align" will become your friend?

günther

Re: Ground odd-angled face

burtronix — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 19:40:45 GMT

Oh yes, that will do it. I've used align between components & bodies, but didn't realize it would work with the origin or that it orients objects as well. Thanks!