Align command bar

Selects the bodies you want to align.

Specifies the coordinate system from which the body is moved.

Specifies the method for placing the "From" coordinate system.

Use Principal Axes

Uses a principal axis, which is placed either to the center of mass or the center of a bounding box of the selected body, as the coordinate system.

Use best fit bounding box

Uses a bounding box that is aligned to the base coordinate system. You can place and orient the coordinate system on a face, edge, or vertex of the bounding box and align the body.

Use Custom bounding box

Uses a custom defined bounding box aligned to the selected plane or planar face that is selected.

Use geometry references

Uses defined axis points and origin to place the coordinate system.

Sets the method of defining the profile plane or specifies that you want to construct the feature using an existing sketch. These options are only available when you select the Use Custom bounding box creation option.

• Coincident Plane—Specifies that you want to define a plane that is coincident to an existing reference plane or a planar face on the part. When you set this option, a default X-axis and direction is applied to the new reference plane. You can use keyboard accelerators to define a different X-axis and direction for the new reference plane.

• Parallel Plane—Specifies that you want to define a reference plane that is parallel to an existing reference plane or a planar face on the part. When you set this option, you can specify the parallel offset distance. When you set this option, a default X-axis and direction is applied to the new reference plane. You can use keyboard accelerators to define a different X-axis and direction for the new reference plane.

• Angled Plane—Specifies that you want to define a reference plane that is at an angle to an existing reference plane or planar face on the part. When you set this option, you can specify the angle value you want.

• Perpendicular Plane—Specifies that you want to define a reference plane that is perpendicular to an existing reference plane or planar face on the part.

• Coincident Plane By Axis—Specifies that you want to define a reference plane that is coincident to an existing reference plane or a planar face on the part. When you set this option, you define the X-axis and direction for the new reference plane using a linear edge, a planar face, or another reference plane.

• Plane Normal to Curve—Specifies that you want to define a plane that is perpendicular to a curve you select. This is the default option when constructing a helix using the Perpendicular option.

• Plane By 3 Points—Specifies that you want to define a plane by three keypoints you select.

• Tangent Plane—Specifies that you want to define a plane that is tangent to a curved face on the part. You can select a cylinder, cone, sphere, torus, or b-spline surface. When you set this option, you can also specify the angular rotation value. When you set this option, a default X-axis and direction is applied to the new reference plane. You can use keyboard accelerators to define a different X-axis and direction for the new reference plane.

Specifies the coordinate system to which the body is moved. By default, this is the base coordinate system.

Accepts the selection.

Clears the selection.