How can I align a solid with global coordinate or a plane?

- November 20, 2021 at 4:02 am
  
  Mahdi
  Subscriber
  
  Hi Everyone,
  I have a problem in Spaceclaim. I have imported a Faceted body into Spaceclaim, and converted it to a volume. However, the volume is not parallel to the coordinate system. Even you can see that the plan that has crossed its middle is not parallel my object's body. How can I align the object to this plane, or coordinate system?
  Thank you all in advance.
- November 20, 2021 at 2:05 pm
  
  peteroznewman
  Subscriber
  
  Use the Move tool in SpaceClaim.
- November 21, 2021 at 8:39 pm
  
  Mahdi
  Subscriber
  
  Hi Peter I know I can do it with Move tool, but I couldn't figure out the steps needed to do it.
- November 22, 2021 at 12:17 pm
  
  peteroznewman
  Subscriber
  
  Do you have access to YouTube?
  https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=youtube+spaceclaim+move+tool+tutorial
- November 26, 2021 at 11:59 pm
  
  Mahdi
  Subscriber
  
  Hi Peter Yes, I do. Thank you for the link.
- May 17, 2023 at 9:20 pm
  
  Hilary Egglestone
  Subscriber
  
  Hi Madi, did you ever figure out how to specifically align an object with the global coordinates? I cannot find an instructional video that shows me that specific thing.
- May 17, 2023 at 11:29 pm
  
  peteroznewman
  Subscriber
  
  Hi Hilary, in SpaceClaim, look on the Assembly tab. If you put the object in a component, you can use the Tangent tool on the Assembly tab to align a surface or plane in the component with a plane on one of the global axes. You might need to use the Move tool to manually get the the planes roughly parallel, then the Tangent tool will make them exactly parallel.