Arrange does not flatten assembly correctly

[tookemtoni]

Hello There,

I'm getting some unexpected results when making a 2D arrange. The parts are not flattening correctly.  See demo video and downloadable file link. https://a360.co/3RLOpWg

[jhackney1972]

The assembly you attached has one problem which must be corrected before it will arrange correctly.  The shelf in the center is a Body and must be converted to a Component before the arrange will succeed.  After this, the 2D Arrange works normally.

[tookemtoni]

Hello there,

So I've converted bodies to components but it is still happening.... The 2D arrange is not flattening correctly. See screenshots and the demo video. 

New design link: https://a360.co/48n4JT0

BTW I can get Arrange to work in the manufacturing workspace but I'd prefer to stay in the design workspace and figure out why it's not working there. 

[jhackney1972]

The only theory I can come up with is the way you created your shelf assemblies and then patterned them.  In the video I show copying the individual components of one book shelf and then pasting it behind yours.  I then pattern this copy and then the arrange works OK.  Model is attached if it helps.

[tookemtoni]

Thank you for looking deeper into this @jhackney1972 

See attached video reply to message 4.  It's still not working as I intended 🙄

The design intent was to select all then all remaining items until everything was arranged.   Also it's too fussy to make a copy of each comp of the original model, but a clever test idea!

For now, I will try Arrange in the Manufacturing Workspace and with more complex designs.  It seems to work better there....  but I am not clear how to export a 3d model of the arrangement to my manufactures from the Manufacturing Workspace but that's another thread: How to export an Arrange Manufacturing Model? - Autodesk Community - Fusion 360

[tookemtoni · Accepted solution]

If your model has joints, patterned components or mirrored components, I would recommend using Arrange in the manufacturing workspace. 

In the manufacturing workspace, the designs position is captured and joints are not shown or in a suppressed state so that there is no interference with the components being laid flat in your 2d arrangement.

ALSO very important...bodies outside a component will cause problem with Arrange.... as @jhackney1972 discovered bodies can be hiding in nested components.  You will have to study your browser to find these. 

[kelly_huangE]

Hi I created a reply here, but realized I should probably create a new topic. Can't seem to delete this reply so just converting it to a link to that post. Apologies for the noise! 🙂 https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/arrange-tool-not-flattening-leaf-component/td-p/13...