Translating to circle center

ethan_barbour

I have a block with a circular hole thru it. This hole has two circles defining it, call them "inlet" and "oulet". I want to move the entire part so that the inlet center's coincides with the origin. I think "Transform" using "Translate by Line" is the right way to go. I can select the origin as one point of this Line, but I cannot select the inlet circle's center. (I can select the circle's edge, but this isn't useful.)

Any advice?

steven_van_luchene848

Had the same issue, might be it isn't an exact circle. Can you place/construct  a mate connector in the center if the circle, and have a mate connector at the origin.  and use the " transform by mate connectors " option? 

martin_kopplow

I assume this is in a Part Studio. Even with an exact circle, the center can't be grabbed for a translate. You can place a mate connector there, but the mate connector isn't accepted as a starting point for the translate tool. So this seems to be a dead end.

But wait, help is near, since you can use the BRIDGING CURVE Tool to create a connection between the mate connector and the origin, and that 'curve' will be a line and thus be useable for the translate.

eric_pesty

The "proper" way to do this would be to draw the part in the correct place (i.e. centered on the origin) to start with.

But if you really need to to use transform, then "transform by mate connector" is the option you are looking for: