Origin

[jcsantilli]

Can anybody tell me why every component has an origin that is exactly in the same position than another component? Don't understand the point.

Thanks

[davebYYPCU]

Origins are the most basic building block in Fusion, it is used for offset, mirror, align, move, and joints, and maybe others I have not thought of.

But not knowing the context of the question, my answer is a guess.

Might help,,,

[etfrench]

You've just been lucky with the origins   Origins can be different when components are inserted from another file.  They can and will change when using move, align, or joint commands.

[HughesTooling]

When you create a component it's origin will be the document origin. Sometime I find it useful to reposition with a joint before creating any geometry in a new component, for example if you want to build a component on a face that's rotated at an odd angle and you want to align you XY axis to the face.

Mark

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

Try using Move, with the type set to Component, with the various origin objects visible.  You should get a good idea of how they behave.  Basically, each component has its own coordinate system, shown by the Origin geometry.  As you move a component around, the origin goes with it:

[jcsantilli]

Very interesting. Thanks

[Anonymous]

Hi all, 

I move on this discussion for a silly question:

When I import a group into a design , sometimes it's placed where I want, without needles to move it in correct position. Some other I find the imported group turned or not correctly placed in the plane.

it could be helpful keep the same origin point for all the groups?

tnx , ciao

[Lenkki]

Hi all,

When you make a new component it will have it's own origin. I just wonder could it cause some problems in any design situation if I accidentally make a new sketch to the another component's origin plane (or the "main" upper level origin)?  

[g-andresen]

Hi,

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@Lenkki wrote:

Hi all,

When you make a new component it will have it's own origin. I just wonder could it cause some problems in any design situation if I accidentally make a new sketch to the another component's origin plane (or the "main" upper level origin)?  

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No!

günther

[laughingcreek]

... I just wonder could it cause some problems ...

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YES! 

(it could cause problems)

[etfrench]

Yes, it can lead to problems with references.

[Lenkki]

Hi! Do you have some examples in which kind sketching situations could occur some problems?

[etfrench]

Sure, create a component.  Make a sketch and a rectangular body in that component.  Create another component.  Create a sketch by selecting a face on the body as the sketch plane.  Copy/Paste New this component into another file.  The sketch will have an error.  You will also get an error if the first component is deleted. 

It's best to keep all references inside the component.  If you need to reference something outside of the component, try to use a User Parameter if possible.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

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@etfrench wrote:

It's best to keep all references inside the component.  If you need to reference something outside of the component, try to use a User Parameter if possible.

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Many thanks for the tip.
I've probably been a bit lucky so far, because situations like this rarely happen to me.

Günther