Moving objects in relation to others

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Mbell
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Moving objects in relation to others

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Hi all,

I'm new to freecad, and have drew and padded a rectangle with holes in.
Then I drew some brkts which attach to the rectangle in a seperately body, when I put the brkts in the first body I can position them roughly where I need them.

Is there a way off positioning them using constraints between 2 bodies?
I need them to be within a mm off a drawing

Thanks for any help
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NewJoker
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Re: Moving objects in relation to others

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Mbell wrote: Wed Dec 07, 2022 9:02 am Is there a way off positioning them using constraints between 2 bodies?
You could use one of the add-on assembly workbenches, like A2plus Workbench.
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Mbell wrote: Wed Dec 07, 2022 9:02 am Then I drew some brkts which attach to the rectangle in a seperately body, when I put the brkts in the first body I can position them roughly where I need them.
Not knowing what brkts is, I hope it's irrelevant.
If you want to stay with the base system in a single file, you can
- use a ShapeBinder to transport geometric information from one body to another and place objects relative to that ShapeBinder
- You can use Expressions to change the placement of the second body relative to the first one
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Mbell
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Re: Moving objects in relation to others

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NewJoker wrote: Wed Dec 07, 2022 9:25 am
Mbell wrote: Wed Dec 07, 2022 9:02 am Is there a way off positioning them using constraints between 2 bodies?
You could use one of the add-on assembly workbenches, like A2plus Workbench.
Thanks for the help, I will have a go at that a go tonight.
Can you go from the edge of body to the edge off another with a specific length in a2plus wb?
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