How to change the revolute joint snap point when using "Between Two Faces"?

[robert_roosL5G95]

I have an assembly where a door is fit in a frame. There is a small margin, so no faces are touching directly. I can joint the door in place easily with the "Between Two Faces" selection: the door is now centered between the left and right door post, and aligned at the bottom.

 

But I want the door to pivot of course. And if I change the joint I just made to "Revolute", it will rotate around the middle of the door (the snap position I made with the selection tool).

How can I still center the door, but have it rotate around a different point?

 

[jhackney1972]

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[robert_roosL5G95]

My bad, I thought the situation was basic enough.

This is a small part in a larger model I don't want to share yet, but I made a demo that still shows exactly this problem. I updated the original post: download link.

Note that in my demo this could be avoided with an "As-Built Joint", but in my real case it's a linked component instead, so it's not an option.

Thanks!

[g-andresen]

Hi,

watch screencast and ckeck joint setting

günther

[robert_roosL5G95]

Thank you for this very clear video! Indeed, using an offset in the joint is one solution. And using parameters would save me from having to define a dimension twice (as a derived dimension).

I'm guessing there's no way to separate the revolution axis from the "Between Two Faces" selection option then?

[g-andresen]

Hi,

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@robert_roosL5G95  schrieb:

I'm guessing there's no way to separate the revolution axis from the "Between Two Faces" selection option then?

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Between 2 surfaces makes no sense here.

Günther