Construct two parts

[koluna]

Hi, All!

OS: Linux Mint 18.1 Serena
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.17.13528 (Git) AppImage
Build type: None
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-17
Hash: 5c3f7bf8ec51e2c7187789f7edba71a7aa82a88b
Python version: 2.7.6
Qt version: 4.8.6
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: English/UnitedKingdom (en_GB)

Help me, please.
I have two parts in my project (I took them from GrabCAD).
I want to connect a hotend to an extruder.
How can I construct my parts together?
I can make it by the hands with Transform or Manipulator (Mover).
But it is long and it is not comfortable.
I want make it with special tool.
Maybe I make something wrong. Correct me.

I gave a project file link bellow.
https://yadi.sk/d/c-ZwqY96UL4zpQ

[chrisb]

There are two approaches to assemblies, you find more information in the dedicated forum https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=29207 and https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=25712. Both are still under development. Manipulator workbench is a suitable tool too.

[easyw-fc]

Hi, All!

Help me, please.
I have two parts in my project (I took them from GrabCAD).
I want to connect a hotend to an extruder.
How can I construct my parts together?
I can make it by the hands with Transform or Manipulator (Mover).
But it is long and it is not comfortable.
I want make it with special tool.
Maybe I make something wrong. Correct me.

I gave a project file link bellow.
https://yadi.sk/d/c-ZwqY96UL4zpQ

if you use Aligner of manipulator WB you can align the two objects in one step.

[koluna]

There are two approaches to assemblies, you find more information in the dedicated forum https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=29207 and https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=25712. Both are still under development. Manipulator workbench is a suitable tool too.

Does A2Plus work normally?
I will read about A2Plus. Thanks.
I do not want to use Assembly3 because it is not main branch. I am scared

I could not align my parts with Manipulator.
I got an intersection of my parts
Used faces are shown at head1.png.
https://yadi.sk/d/5aOFy8dnG5UL8Q

[koluna]

if you use Aligner of manipulator WB you can align the two objects in one step.

I would like it!
But... do I make something wrong?
I selected a left edge (extruder).
I selected a right edge (hot-end).
I initialized Manipulator.
And I press to Align button.

[easyw-fc]

1 step aligning:

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[koluna]

I am stupid... I selected wrong edge...
Thanks a lot!

[koluna]

What would you do if there was not the first selected part (e3d_titan013)?

[TheMarkster]

Can do with standard Placement in 0.18. But there is extra step of mapping a Part vertex to each of the alignment circles.

Edit: I should have noted, pressing Shift keyboard key while clicking Apply axial will cause the object to move in the opposite direction. In this example, the first time I clicked Apply axial the part moved the wrong direction, so I Shift+clicked the next time.

Also, if you Shift+click the Selected points button with 2 points selected the distance is automatically copied to the clipboard, so the additional step of copying from the report view can be skipped, just need to paste into Axial spinbox.

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[easyw-fc]

What would you do if there was not the first selected part (e3d_titan013)?

The model you have imported has some bspline instead of arc of circle, so it is much difficult to align the models without some tricks (like adding additional planes or points), if you don't find regular surfaces to be used as aligning reference.

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