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Aligning multiple derived parts by a point
grzegorz_zdanowski
Member Posts: 5 EDU
I have a hypothetical pipes & cones that are of a different size. I want to align them in a separate part studio as derived parts. The biggest issue I'm facing is I need to align them based not on the center of the holes but based on the "bottom edge" point of the circle. What I did as a proof-of-concept to show my desired result is hand-move them in assembly 
The reason why I want to align them like that in another part studio is these are just small sub-parts. I want to derive them and boolean them for manufacturing.
View from the side - all aligned
These are the points I want to be in the same line
View from the side how they're aligned
Demo document: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/59af9c98f8f2a9bdd2b694c0/w/5644a69aac0b68dc5d5d5278/e/0e0cc3212015534e592920d9
Naturally, I can brute-force that with manual transformations (or even some clever measured variables), but this feels like a massive kludge. I tried using mate connectors and locations but no matter what I do I can never achieve alignment, but rather parts "semi randomly" rotating
The reason why I want to align them like that in another part studio is these are just small sub-parts. I want to derive them and boolean them for manufacturing.
View from the side - all aligned
These are the points I want to be in the same line
View from the side how they're aligned
Demo document: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/59af9c98f8f2a9bdd2b694c0/w/5644a69aac0b68dc5d5d5278/e/0e0cc3212015534e592920d9
Naturally, I can brute-force that with manual transformations (or even some clever measured variables), but this feels like a massive kludge. I tried using mate connectors and locations but no matter what I do I can never achieve alignment, but rather parts "semi randomly" rotating
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Answers
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/7ab949c862873021d13a9496/w/b2b86fd41feb35c300aa3047/e/c11659bdb5378789aaa07e13?renderMode=0&tangentEdgeStyle=1&uiState=668057e170111052c125d39c
or you could pick the origin of the destination PS as a reference instead (and adjust the MC):
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/7ab949c862873021d13a9496/w/b2b86fd41feb35c300aa3047/e/c6a0fe4039b79335ec1ddf63?renderMode=0&tangentEdgeStyle=1&uiState=6680581a70111052c125d3b3