Moving Component Point to Point

Moving Component Point to Point

colinNJB25
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Moving Component Point to Point

colinNJB25
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I am having a silly problem and I can't figure out how to do something simple. I am inserting a component into a model from another file. I need the square face to match with the center of the square hole. I can easily select the center of the square face but when I show the center mark for the square hole I can't click on it. I can pick any of the other marks created by the square hole like the center of any edge. How do I select the center as my second point?

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davebYYPCU
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Hold the Control key down after hovering over the face, the square hole belongs to.

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colinNJB25
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On my Mac it's the command key. Thank you for that! It was driving me crazy.

 

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HughesTooling
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For a component you'd be better off using a joint. Move and save position are not efficient, lots of save positions in an assembly will hit performance. I avoid move so might be wrong but it's also not a paramentic move so modifying the target component will not update like it will with a joint.

 

Mark

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