Can't Snap Coil center

[jean-michel_legoff]

Hi,

I don't know if it is my mistake or a bug, but I can't find how to snap the center of the coil when I start the feature.

I can select a plane/sketch, but next the center point of the coil don't snat on any existing entities, even Origin or center of the circle if I select one...

Did I miss something?

Many Thanks

[Warmingup1953]

I can't repeat that behavior. Try creating a sketch with a fully restrained rectangle at the Origin. first and see if the Coil snaps then?

[jean-michel_legoff]

in fact you don't need to draw a rectangle, the coil snap to the "origin" that's all, 
but if you want to use another point on any other location (and remain associated to this one) it don't...

[Warmingup1953]

Yes snaps to Origin or with centre co-linear to the origin plane intersections. I think all the Solid Primitives do this.

https://youtu.be/Eg7sS87GMPg?si=aPLdkQ2Weksfv8o7&t=74

[jean-michel_legoff]

Indeed, 

I did'nt realize this behavior before, as I'm more used to generate solid from sketches...

But in the case of the "coil", when you need to generate a "non conventional" thread as in my use case... I was supposed to snap to a hole somewhere in a body with no relation with the "origin" and was a little "lost"...

could it be possible to enhance this feature? I mean add some "reference" to a primitive? like you can do for "hole" or "thread" ?

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

You can connect a primitive, in this case your coil, to a sketch point and manipulate the point to position the coil.  I did not go through all the possibilities but for example you can add a line to the same sketch and rotate the coil around it using the Move Rotate option.  Once you realize you can hook a Primitive to a sketch you have a lot of possibilities.

[jean-michel_legoff]

Ok,
Yes it works...
it's not very usual, and a little disturbing vs the regular way to construct something, but as a workaround it's fine...
Many Thanks