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Alignment tools

Alignment tools - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Alignment tools

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- [Instructor] Once my screwdriver has been imported, I'll most likely want to move or align it as needed. So maybe in this case I want my screwdriver to line up with some exploded screws. So I'll just jump into my assembly view here, and I want to align that screwdriver up with my screws. So one important thing to note when importing objects, is that when jumping from view to view you might find that your imported object has disappeared. I can see here that my screwdriver no longer seems to be available, but really it's just been hidden. So, if I navigate over to my assembly tab, I should be able to find my imported object, and here it is, screwdriver. So it's been hidden when I've jumped to a different view, and if I want to show this, I can just check the check box beside my screwdriver actor. Now I can see my screwdriver has jumped back into my assembly. So now I'll want to move or translate my screwdriver to try to line it up correctly with my screws. So I could of course just…

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