User Guide
User Guide
User Guide

Align Faces

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Used to relocate an element to align a selected face of the first element to a selected face of a second element.

Tool SettingEffect
Method

Sets the way that the planes of the faces are selected.

  • Use AccuDraw
    • — AccuDraw's drawing plane is used to define the orientation of the faces.
  • By 3 Points
    • — The orientation of the planes are defined by 3 points.
Use ACS for

(Method set to By 3 Points only) Sets the way that the orientation of the selected face's plane is calculated.

  • Neither
    • — Orientation for both faces is defined by 3 points.
  • Element
    • — Orientation for the first element is taken from the ACS. If no ACS is active, the design file coordinate system is used.
  • Placement
    • — Orientation for the placement of the first element is taken from the ACS. If no ACS is active, the design file coordinate system is used.
Make Copy

If on, a copy of the first element is used and the original element is not manipulated.

Flip Direction

Lets you reverse the direction of the aligned element.

To align the faces of two elements using AccuDraw
  1. Select the Align Faces tool.

  2. Set Method to Use AccuDraw.

  3. Identify the element to align.
    The element highlights.

  4. Move the pointer over the element to highlight the required face and accept.

  5. Identify the second element.

  6. Move the pointer over the element to highlight the required face and accept.
    The first element is relocated with the selected faces aligned. The first element is positioned symmetrically on the face of the second element.

    Aligning faces of two elements using AccuDraw.

    Identify the first element (1) and the face to be aligned (2), the second element (3), and the face to align with (4).

      

    After the two elements are aligned at the selected faces.

      

To align the faces of two elements without using AccuDraw
  1. Select the Align Faces tool.

  2. Set Method to By 3 Points.

  3. Set Use ACS for to Neither.

  4. Identify the element to align.
    The element highlights.

  5. Accept the element.

  6. Define the “from” coordinate origin. This defines the origin point for the element that is being aligned.

  7. Define the “from” coordinate first axis point.
    A red arrow appears, showing the direction of the first (x) axis.

  8. Define the “from” coordinate second axis point.
    Green and blue arrows appear, showing the direction of the second (y) axis and the third (z) axis' directions, respectively.

  9. Define the “to” coordinate origin. This defines the origin point for the relocation. The first element's origin point will be located at this point.

  10. Define the “to” coordinate first axis point.
    A red arrow appears, showing the direction of the first (x) axis.

  11. Define the “to” coordinate second axis point.
    Green and blue arrows appear, showing the direction of the second (y) axis and the third (z) axis' directions, respectively.
    Simultaneously, the first element is relocated with its defined axes aligning exactly with those of the second element.

    Aligning faces of two elements

    Identify and accept the first element (1,2).

    Define the “from” coordinate origin (3), first axis point (4) and second axis point (5).

    Define the “to” coordinate origin (6), first axis point (7) and second axis point (8).

      

    After the two elements are aligned relative to the defined coordinate systems.

      

Key-in: ALIGNFACE