Problem with joining, missaligning
Do you know about the Inspect Tool,
Measure, save the answer to the Clipboard and paste the value into the offset box.
You say the pink component is 600 long, so when you paste the second blue component,
Why not 600 plus the width of the blue component, no guessing, but you drag and drop, then joint, to an offset face that needs an offset to reposition, - too hard if you don't measure it.
Same for measuring the face of the bolt hole to the face of the rail, paste the value into the offset box.
Might help....
@davebYYPCU wrote:
Do you know about the Inspect Tool,
Measure, save the answer to the Clipboard and paste the value into the offset box.
You say the pink component is 600 long, so when you paste the second blue component,
Why not 600 plus the width of the blue component, no guessing, but you drag and drop, then joint, to an offset face that needs an offset to reposition, - too hard if you don't measure it.
Same for measuring the face of the bolt hole to the face of the rail, paste the value into the offset box.
Might help....
Yup, keep inspecting, but I have trubble measuring at an 90 angle, just getting "bad" values.
What do you mean with an offset face? Just as in sketching, create an offset plane and snap the objects to that?
Will it matter on what plan the sketch on the v-slot is created to extrude the holes?
The blue object is a 40x40 v-slot so total outside measurement should be 720, but as I keep changing the lengths as I add more components (designing a 3D printer) I need the lengths of the components to "drive" the other joined components.
Maybe just me that is overcomplicating things.
@davebYYPCU wrote:
but I have trubble measuring at an 90 angle, just getting "bad" values.
Huh?
What do you mean with an offset face? Just as in sketching, create an offset plane and snap the objects to that?
Nope,
measure the distance from the bolt face where you put the joint origin, to the outside face of the blue component. What ever that distance is, is the offset for the offset box in the Joint dialogue, so that the pink member is exactly right. No guessing cause it will be flush.
So 720 equals 2 blue bars and the length of the pink one?
When you move the second blue one, move it 660, now its lined up flush. As built rigid joint, Done.
Might help....
Sorry if I'm slow.
Insert blue (40x40 v-slot)
Insert horizontal bar (600 in length, 20x40 v-slot)
Rigid joint on hole, copy paste inspected value from base of hole to flat surface of 40x40 as offset.
Insert blue 2 (40x40 v-slot)
Rigid joint on hole of opposite side of horizontal bar, offset same value as pasted, but -
If I offset from the same hole 2nd 40x40 v-slot will not move if I change the length of the horizontal bar right? Without redefining joints. Isn't it better to joint to the "right" hole, just as I would IRL with a bolt?
If I cut and paste the inspected value (6.223mm from start of hole to flat face of the 40x40 v-slot) the total length is even more off as the inspect is the length, not at a straight angle to the face.
Ofc, getting the math to add up is just as simple as drawing a rectangle from the base, 5,9555 and add that to the offset and the total length will add up. But it feels so, well wrong, as the face of the 40x40 is flat and the horizontal piece is 600mm (currently) so I'm more contemplating if I can define my holes in a way so I don't have to go through so much meassuring for each joint. Feels like I'm missing something fundamentionally easy here...
Accepted solution
Inspect will measure face to face. Distance is the offset distance. Not complicated.
Your face distance is 5.955, when adjusting the component alignment use 5.955 with confidence.
Make that value a parameter, and use it on all the joints.
Sometimes I just wan't to bang my head, literally, kept klicking the edge of the hole instead of the facet. 
User parameters was new, but so smart. Thx for that 🙂