Components in assembly move origin when imported into new design

Components in assembly move origin when imported into new design

vineoxen
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Components in assembly move origin when imported into new design

vineoxen
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Hi everyone, I am designing an assembly with about 20 components (each have 1 body) in a design. I aligned everything and I made some edits after I turned the bodies into components, which I think messed up the origins since when I moved things I might have moved the body for some and the whole component for the other. I noticed this and turned on the origin for all of the components and got the origin all aligned in the same spot, and then I put the bodies in their correct places. Now, whenever I try and create a new design and I right click on the assembly in the navigator and chose "Import into this design," the assembly comes in but a few of the components have their origin shifted back to where it was before I fixed the problems. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?!  Ill include some screenshots of the assembly in its file (plus the origin turned on for all four of the components that need to be aligned) and then a screenshot of it in the new design (with the same origins enabled showing how they are offset)

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jhackney1972
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Please attach your model.  If you do not know how to attach your Fusion 360 model follow these easy steps. Open the model in Fusion 360, select the File menu, then Export and save as a F3D or F3Z file to your hard drive. Then use the Attachments section, of a forum post, to attach it.

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vineoxen
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Hi, please see the attached model:

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Bunga777
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Click Capture Position in the original file before saving.

 

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It will not memorize the position until this button is pressed.

You move each component to the desired position, and when you are finally satisfied, you press this button and that position will be memorized. While you do not press this button, it will not be memorized and you will go back to the original position.

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jhackney1972
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You should get away from moving bodies or components around in your assembly and quickly switch to using all Components and Assembly Joints.  This will avoid the possibility of components or bodies moving around and you will not have to use the Capture Position tool.

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