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Cannot move component axis to new face

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    eselick
    last edited by 20 Sept 2012, 16:22

    Hi
    I know that components should be created with the correct orientation to start with. However, for different reasons this may not alway happen. I'm attaching an skp file that has a door component that is gluing the bottom face (bottom of the door sill) to vertical surfaces. When I try to change the component axis, I can only revolve the blue and green axes around the blue X, I cannot drag the blue X to a new face (behind the door frame)[attachment=0:zda3fmnh]<!-- ia0 -->glues on wrong face.
    Is there anyway to fix this component or I do just have to throw it out?
    Thanks
    Elliot

    [attachment=0]glues on wrong face.skp<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:zda3fmnh]


    glues on wrong face.skp

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      TIG Moderator
      last edited by 20 Sept 2012, 16:42

      The Component was made standing up - this is OK if it's already on a wall face, because when you create it Sketchup assumes that you want a cutting component etc and adjusts the axes accordingly, otherwise you need to make it lying 'flat' because the component's blue axis [up] will become the wall-face's 'normal'.

      To fix this issue...
      Because it's currently set to glue/cut on the wrong plane you need to suspend those behaviors while you fix the axes...
      Open The Component Browser > Edit the Component, removing its Cutting-behavior and then Changing its Gluing behavior to None.
      Now select an instance of the Component and right-click context-menu Change Axes...
      Pick a point on the plane that you want the door to insert at - it needs a loop of edges on this plane to cut a hole in any wall it is placed onto. Select the red-axis along the component's normal 'horizontal' and the green-axis along its normal 'vertical' alignment; the blue-axis should now be facing 'out' from the wall when an instance is inserted.
      Now go back to the Component Browser > Edit and add back in the behaviors Gluing = Vertical and Cut-opening ON. Now placing a new instance should see it glue to the wall faces as desired.
      The original one is 'foobar' as its gluing orientation was messed previously - so erase that and add a replacement.

      TIG

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        eselick
        last edited by 20 Sept 2012, 18:14

        Thanks so much for that very clear explanation. It worked exactly as advertised. How to really modify component axes has been a mystery until now.

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