Move with Triad Assembly Components

[SBoener3BBCE]

Is there an equivalent to the "Move with Triad" Solidworks component move option in Inventor?  Grip snaps appears to be the closest I can find, but not quite the same.  The other option appears to be look at it parallel to the plane I want to move it on, but even that doesn't lock it down to a single axis like I would like to be able to do.

[CCarreiras]

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@SBoener3BBCE wrote:

 The other option appears to be look at it parallel to the plane I want to move it on, but even that doesn't lock it down to a single axis like I would like to be able to do.

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You must add a second constraint and have only one degree of freedom.
You can see degrees of freedom if you turn on this:

What is your goal? why did you need to move the part along an axis?

Maybe there are other options you can use to achieve your goal...

[SBoener3BBCE]

My goal is to be able to semi-accurately position parts quickly before beginning to mess around with constraints or even build the supporting structures that the components will be constrained to.  It's how I tend to run  a first check if an idea is even feasible before putting real design work in to flesh out the assembly.

I can't post pictures of the actual assembly I was working in, but what led to this question is trying to see if I can fit a standard component into a housing shell someone else designed and have the accessibility I need around it.  The one thing I had available for a constraint was a midplane.  There is nothing else that exists yet for useful constraints.

I was able to get it positioned for a feasibility check in Inventor by being clever with view direction / grip-snap usage, but it was faster in Solidworks because I could move parts in known directions without having to bounce between looking at the top view and right view repeatedly.

[Gabriel_Watson · Accepted solution]

Add an UCS work feature, constrain (flush) its 3 origin planes to your component's, then right-click the UCS assembly feature to "Redefine Feaure" and use the deltas or absolute position to move. Hide the UCS by toggling its visibility as needed.

[SBoener3BBCE]

That's pretty close to the functionality I'm looking for.  A little clumsier than what I was hoping for since the component doesn't move with the UCS in real time, but close enough I think.