Snapping Components  

This task illustrates how to snap a component onto another component.
  • The Snap makes only simple snaps, see the Assembly Snaps reference to know more about simple snaps capabilities.
    Using this command is a convenient way to translate or rotate components.
  • The Snap is able to work in visualization mode, which means the positioned component and the positioning parts are no longer need to be switched into design mode. However, in order to select points, you must be working in Design mode.
  • For DMU Navigator, this task is P1-only.
  • The element to be snapped must belong to the active component.
Open the Moving_Components_01.CATProduct document:
  • Make sure you work in Design mode (use Edit->Representations->Design Mode) 

  1. Click the Snap icon:

  1. Select the red face as shown.
 

The element selected first is always the element that moves.

  1. Select the blue face as shown.
 
 

The red face is projected onto the plane defined by the blue face.
 

A green arrow is displayed on the first face you selected.
 

  1. Click this arrow to reverse the orientation of the face.