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Triball issue


EKLASKIN

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The problem I am having with the Triball, is the inability to control the direction of part placement. I highlight an axis to move the part on, I right click and start my move in a certain direction, choose an edge, or a point, or some other placement option, and the Triball goes in the opposite direction. I have tried changing the direction of the green arrows to no avail. I tried putting a bi-directional constraint on the assembly (just guessed), and still no control over direction. And, I must have tried every Triball handle, and option several times, before giving up, and coming here.

 

Another issue I am noticing, is when I want to move a part with the Triball, to a intersect with another part, I can't get the parts to intersect at edges, faces, etc. The part will go a little bit into the other shape, and NOT come out, no matter what I try to do.

 

Admittedly, it's been awhile since I last had an opportunity to use the software, but as I remember, this was some easy work to perform.

 

Thanks in advance!!

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I agree that this is hard to grasp if no one has showed you how it works. There should be some visual information added that helps.

 

A change that came a few years ago (first in v2012 and then improved in updates) was the way the Triball "reads" the direction of edges and faces. When you've learned it you don't need to right click the inner handles for options, just left-drag the handles to the edge/face. Fast and easy! You can also use the Shift key to snap to end and mid/center points, when dragging the Triball center handle.

 

Now when you select the edge to be parallel to, the edge has two directions - from the mid point and out. Up/Down or Left/Right depends on which half you choose. Same goes with Parallel to Axis option when choosing the cylindrical face of the hole/shaft.

 

The reason why it feels like it always goes in the wrong direction is that the nearest edge most often points in the opposite direction. You can choose the opposite handle.

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