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Align in assembly

wagari.aboma68FYZ — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:25:50 GMT

How to align centers of two cylinders which are on two different planes in inventor assembly?

For example the inlet connection and the filter in this case.

To make the problem a bit clearer, I want to align these two parts so that I can connect them by Pipe center to center in a 90 bent pipe. If they are not aligned, the piping will go some other routes than simple 90 degree.

Re: Align in assembly

CCarreiras — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 10:16:59 GMT

HI!

You could do an INSERT Contraint to connect the elements + ANGLE Constraint to the position.

Re: Align in assembly

JDMather — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 11:05:41 GMT

@wagari.aboma68FYZ

Zip and Attach your assembly here if you can’t figure it out. Someone here will demonstrate the process.

Re: Align in assembly

Frederick_Law — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 13:45:13 GMT

Constrain center axis.

Select the cylinder and you can pick the axis.

You can flip the direction also.

Re: Align in assembly

wagari.aboma68FYZ — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:22:55 GMT

@JDMather , Thanks for your comment but due to confidentiallity I cannot share the files.

Re: Align in assembly

wagari.aboma68FYZ — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:27:46 GMT

@CCarreiras, Thanks for the comment. However, in my case the parts not need to be connected. They should be aligned so that I can connect them by 90 degree bent pipe.

Re: Align in assembly

TheCADWhisperer — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:16:12 GMT

@wagari.aboma68FYZ wrote:
@JDMather , Thanks for your comment but due to confidentiallity I cannot share the files.

Make up a simple dummy assembly that can be used to illustrate your issue.

I can see from your screen capture what you need, but this is basic stuff that I think it would be more beneficial to you if you Attached a dummy assembly.

Re: Align in assembly

anthonyzepeda1969 — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:52:17 GMT

Turn on the planes and align the planes.