Align command misaligns component by 90 degrees

[wrewing001]

This NooB brought a beam component into a subassy component.

I tried the Align command to align it to a construction plane.

The wrong face (the end instead of the side) of the beam was aligned.

The Align command did not let me select just a face of the beam component.  The flip option does not fix things.

For various reasons, my beam component consists of hundreds of bodies.  I want them to remain separate for now.  Therefore, aligning just the main body in my beam is out of the question.

It looks like I like might be able to fix things with a 90 degree rotate, but that seems awkward.

How should I proceed? 

  Rotate? 

  Create another construction plane that is normal to the one I wish to use?

  Can I specify more than one plane and hope F360 figures it out?

  Use joints? 

Is there some way to predict which face F360 is going to use when aligning a component?

Until the above issue, absolutely every dimension was parameterized.  I eyeballed things and got within 0.01 mm of perfect alignment, but the design would break if I changed certain parameters which is unacceptable.  The Align command seems bereft of options compared with other commands and I wish it were more robust.

[Steven_Gao]

It's a little hard for us to understand the problem. Can you help to share the dataset(or a simple example) for some investigation? 

Thanks,

Steven

[rushabhthakkar_910]

A Screencast video and your Model exported in .f3d format would be helpful to see how you are moving ahead and where the issue could be..

[wrewing001]

Thanks for the replies.

Since the Align command has no options other than Flip, I ended up experimentally making sure that my component was in the right orientation before I used Copy and then Paste or Paste New  to put it into the parent assembly component, after which I aligned it with a construction plane.

A detailed explanation of my work flow can hardly be a good use of anyone's time.  Look at the Align command and ask yourself how you could have a variety of alignments.  You can Flip, and that's it.

[davebYYPCU]

If you are pasting Components, Align is not the right tool, because it only has a flip control.

Perhaps you may have a better experience to Joint the Components where needed.

Might help....

[aliobidi]

Hi , 

use right tool for right issue, that's it .
or attach your file with more explain like " PIC , Screencast .. etc " to get good help