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Behavior of nested containers when moving with Manipulator WB
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Re: Behavior of nested containers when moving with Manipulator WB
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Re: Behavior of nested containers when moving with Manipulator WB
Hi @drmacro
your issue is related to the fact you have a single object to be aligned to a Part multi objects, all inside a Part container.
If you would need to align the RGB driver to the flange you should:
1) in case of need reset the placement of the main Part container (Controller With Mount Plate)
2) move i.e. the RGBDriver Part container outside the main Part container (Controller With Mount Plate)
3) align the RGBDriver to the MKS Flat Mount
4) reinsert the RGBDriver inside the main Part container (Controller With Mount Plate) or
1) in case of need reset the placement of the main Part container (Controller With Mount Plate)
2) move i.e. the MKS Flat Mount outside the main Part container (Controller With Mount Plate)
3) align the RGBDriver to the MKS Flat Mount
4) reinsert the MKS Flat Mount inside the main Part container (Controller With Mount Plate)
Re: Behavior of nested containers when moving with Manipulator WB
I understand the process.
It would be nice not to require both KiCADStepup and Manipulator workbenches...
And, while I understand what's happening, it would be nice if there was more user friendly ways to align two objects relative to each other, that happen to be in a container. Seems the alignment should use the global coordinates of each object rather than the Placement properties.
It would be nice not to require both KiCADStepup and Manipulator workbenches...
And, while I understand what's happening, it would be nice if there was more user friendly ways to align two objects relative to each other, that happen to be in a container. Seems the alignment should use the global coordinates of each object rather than the Placement properties.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Spock: "...His pattern indicates two-dimensional thinking."
Re: Behavior of nested containers when moving with Manipulator WB
fine
you can place the command inside a Global toolbar or a preferred WB toolbar without the need to move to ksu wb
Moreover ksu wb has many useful features for STEP aligning and handling
1) Manipulator WB has been designed to fast align and assemble mainly STEP models which are made of single objects or Part containers with one or more level of Parts/Objectsdrmacro wrote: ↑Sat Dec 04, 2021 7:29 pm And, while I understand what's happening, it would be nice if there was more user friendly ways to align two objects relative to each other, that happen to be in a container. Seems the alignment should use the global coordinates of each object rather than the Placement properties.
2) If you want to move one single object relative to an other single object or even a Part container, even if they are both inside a Part container, Manipulator wb can do the job
3) If you want to align a Part container to an other Part container NOT in the same part container, Manipulator wb can do the job
4) If you want to align a Part container to an other Part container in the SAME part container, the wb would need to receive more information to know which is the level of Part container the user is intended to move... the selection just get a single object which is contained in many level of other containers... For this operability you may switch to a more complex approach like A2, A3 or A4 workbenches... there you can detail more deeply which is the structure you want to move...
Here the demo for the case 2) [move one single object relative to an other single object or even a Part container, even if they are both inside a Part container]
This can be done unchecking the flag to use Part hierarchy to align the elements...