Part orientation not in desired drawing grid

[drgert1]

Hello All,

Due to possibly erroneos operation I ended up with the part not lining up with the desired grid plane.

The part is in XY plane and the drawing grid is in XZ plane.

What is the repair action?

Manipulate part orientation so that main part surface is in XZ plane?

Manipulate drawing environment to show grid in XY plane?

Thanks,

Gert

[jhackney1972]

You can probably use a Joint to position a component or the Align command to reorient a body.  If the component or body is grounded, be sure to remove that first.  If you would like to attach your model, someone on the Forum can reorient it for you and tell you the process used.

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.

[drgert1]

Hi jhackney1972,

I am new to fusion 360 and most of the points you make are above my understanding.

"use a Joint to position a component" I don't know what that means.

"body is grounded, be sure to remove that first" I don't know that either.

I was looking for a way to either make one face of the body the plane where the grid is drawn on the screen or the other way round make  the gridded plane on the screen coincide with that face of the body. This might just be a visual preference for me. I just like the part to be sitting on the gridded plane. And preferably the origin at the geometry center of the part. If that is of no matter to the work process please let me know.

Thanks,

Gert

[jhackney1972]

Attach your model and I will record a video to show you what I mean.  I described the process of attachment in my last post.  It is hard to duplicate your issue "just like" you have it so your model is the best to use.

[drgert1]

Hi,

thank you helping.

I attach the file.

Thanks,

Gert

[jhackney1972]

Your model, where the body has been moved to the X-Y plane and centered on the Origin is attached.  I will create a video and attach it in a few minutes.

[jhackney1972]

I have attached a video showing the process I used.  The first thing I did was turn on Capture Design History.  You should use this method of modeling as it is the easiest and best method of using Fusion.  You can set it as default in your Fusion Preferences.  Since this is a Body, I used the Align command.  I chose the X-Y Plane and the Origin. but you can use any plane and center point you desire.

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[drgert1]

Hello Jack,

Thank you so much for helping a beginner.

I was able to reproduce your step #1. I get the part to lay flat on the XY plane. At this point the visual center of the part is clearly not on the intersection point of the X and Y axis.

But I am failing with step #2. This is what I do.

Following step#1.

I chose the 'Align' command.

I click on the bottom face of the part.

Click on the little origin symbol at the intersection of the 3 planes. At this point the part jump vertical again out of the plane and result of step#1 is lost.

Not sure What I am missing? Maybe it is of not importance for the drawing work where the center of the part is. I just like it visually to be at the origin. Maybe my expectation is wrong.

Thanks for helping with the first step.

Gert

[drgert1]

OK, I got it.

I saw upon closer inspection that the second step wasted the result of step#1 but it was not completely failed. There is some sort of marker that shows the center of the circle of the part (I had not paid attention to that before). And it seems that point had now been shifted to the origin of the drawing plane. Only the part was reverted back to 'upright' Now I went to 'Align' a third time and chose the face of the part I want to be the bottom and next the XY plan in the little drawing origin symbol. Not the part jumped to the plane and the center coincided with the origin. That's some extra steps but the problem is solved.

Thanks,

Gert