In the attached file, I have a servo, servo frame, and servo horn. The servo is properly oriented in the servo frame. The horn is not oriented on the servo. I tried using “orient” several times but could not discern the current process. I would much appreciate assistance with the proper sequence of operations.
Orient Servo Horn.3dm (5.2 MB)
Hi Ronald - the Orient command is your friend here - snap to poimnt and a center (‘Cen’ osnap) on the crank pivot and then your target point and the Y axis with Ortho, or a Cen snap to get it going the right way.
-Pascal
I guess you want to go from the point on the arm to the point on the end of the shaft.
In this file I created the red and green lines and then used Orient3Pt.
When Orient3Pt asks for the 3 reference points you click on the point, red line, green line on the arm and then the target points are point, green line, red line on the shaft.
servox.3dm (213.2 KB)
It doesn’t matter where on the red and green lines you click for the target and reference points. Just use the near snap and do the points in the right order
solved ?
please @ronald1 mark one of the above answers as solution - so others don t need to dig in… happy modelling. kind regards - tom
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I remain struggling and unable to explain to students how to orient the hatch to the servo horn and servo frame. The hatch should be flat against the bottom of the servo frame, with the servo horn protruding through the slot in the hatch and centered in the slot. Orient3Pt seems like the best option, but I have not been able to complete the process. I would much appreciate a step by step tutorial that I can used to teach this process. Thanks.
Reusable Components.3dm (5.7 MB)
Hi Ronald - Orient3Pt or RemapCPlane can help - the trick will be to set the points to snap to. I would do this:
Intersect the vertical red line with the plane of the bottom of the part (Use IP - InfinitePlane - in the Intersect command to get a point there)
Set the CPlane to that point
Select the curves,
Start Orient3Pt
snap the first point to the middle of the slot - the intersection of the lines there:
Second point to one end of the line
third to the end of the crossing line
For the target points, use the new CPlane origin, along the X and along the Y axes.
-Pascal