How to align an Inventor part with origin planes

[hugolopessilva]

I have a part file, built in Autodesk Inventor Professional 2019. I would like to align this part with all 3 origin planes. As you can see, right now the part is not aligned. How can I do it?

I thank you in advance,

Best regards,

Hugo

[leowarren34 · Accepted solution]

Hi @hugolopessilva,

Inside the part file, you have the move bodies command which is hidden under the modify pane in the 3D Model tab.

A screencast of the above along with other methods can be found here: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-can... 

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Since this is a native Inventor part, you can edit the sketch and constrain appropriately. You can edit Sketch 1 and add Horizontal or Vertical constraint between the center point and the mid-point of a side.

Many thanks!

[gregH38YX]

There is no constraining within a part, only an assembly. Unless you mean making all the line black in a sketch by dimensioning sufficiently?

And if the part is already designed you don't want to go back and start over rebuilding the part at the first sketch.

How do you align a complete complex part, without redesigning the part, to the origin axes? Thnx

[SBix26]

The first feature of the model determines the location and orientation of everything else.  If the orientation is wrong, the first sketch can be re-defined to a different origin plane.  If the location or rotation is wrong, the sketch constraints and dimensions can be adjusted to correct this.

A file to look at would be much easier for me illustrate with, though.  Any chance you could post one and describe what needs to be different?  And what version of Inventor you're using?

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Sam B

Inventor Pro 2025.0.1 | Windows 11 Home 23H2