How to snap parts to a plane in an assembly?

owen_sparks

Hi folks.

I've been a numpty.  I have 4 parts nicely nicely mated together in an assembly but was careless with where I initially placed them in the workspace.  (That is to say they're aligned with each other but not with any of the default planes.)

So how can a re-orientate my cluster of widgets to something more sensible?  I have a cuboid as one of the parts so being able to snap the faces to a plane would be nice. 

Any help appreciated.

Cheers,

Owen S.

alex_hill

Disagree with the suggestion to use planar mates - it's fastened mate that you need. You mate your assembly to the origin - don't try to mate to the view plane cube like I was trying to do for ages. You may need to un-hide the origin - it should be the first item in the parts list. Check out this excellent animation that explains it better than I could...

peter_hall

There is a planar mate in the assembly mates which might help you.

alex_hill

Disagree with the suggestion to use planar mates - it's fastened mate that you need. You mate your assembly to the origin - don't try to mate to the view plane cube like I was trying to do for ages. You may need to un-hide the origin - it should be the first item in the parts list. Check out this excellent animation that explains it better than I could...

owen_sparks

Excellent, thanks thanks for taking the time to reply. 

Cheers,

Owen S