Alignment Trick in Fusion 360

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Here's a little tip you can use to easily align your objects by the midpoint to a horizontal or vertical axis in Fusion 360.

[@365hillclimb]

I just spent an hour going through Autodesk basics on trying to align two sketches with constraints, and didn't make any progress whatsoever until you explained all of the concepts in 4 minutes. Brilliant, thanks mate!

[@markustube]

Excellent tips! I've spent a lot of time aligning things the hard way in the past. I'm especially happy to see a quick, easy way to align text! THANKS!

[@spikekent]

Invaluable tips as always Vlad. I knew about the shif-click alignment, but now I know it works with text too. Thank you

[@Pakawallygator]

Such a simple little tip, such a HUGE time saver. Presented very well, Thank you sir!!

[@independent900]

Excellent presentation and a huge time saver. Been trying to find a video like this for an hour...you're the first. Love that you stayed on point and your pace was right on! Thx.

[@jeruedas]

Like videos like yours that are quick and to the point. No stupid long introductions and self promotion..

[@TheGrainDoctor]

Holy shiznit - your text align tip just changed my life. Thanks!

[@DesktopMakes]

Thanks Grain Doctor! Changing lives one youtuve video at a time! 😉

[@tomherd4179]

The point command was what I was looking for to find the midpoint! Thanks!

[@sunpeter8260]

That's an excellent tip! Thank you so much! I've been looking for something like this for a while!

[@jeromebosch5819]

I knew there had to be a way to do this. Thank you SO MUCH!!

[@DJVWoodworking]

Vladamir, you're video's are helping others even years later. Thank you for this. :) God bless, brother.

[@BretWrightSTUFF]

After 5 years, still helpful!! thanks!

[@kelseym2298]

You are awesome brother, you are my go to for Fusion 360 learning, keep it up!

[@paulszemplinski8049]

Now that was fantastic, thank you very much for sharing!

[@bobvidal7096]

Beautiful ! Thank you for that !

[@oqueeutoeditandoaqui]

AWESOME! Direct to the point. Thanks!

[@andhemills]

There's a software called Carnac that let's your keytstrokes display to the screen, which I think would be very helpful on F360 tutorials.

[@bluehandsvideo]

The alignment of the text is going to come in handy! Thank you!!! :)

[@christophervargasschebesta3752]

Excelente Men! I was looking exactly for this!

[@garagemonkeysan]

Great tips! Thanks for sharing! : )

[@RonFloyd]

Cool tips - thanks!

[@boblombardi9397]

Exactly what I was looking for ....Thank You

[@fusedbrain4793]

Wow, that's exactly the trick I needed! Thanks

[@barryhulce6714]

Thank you sooooo much for making videos like this. I learn a new helpful method every time I watch your videos. Fusion is a fantastic program but not all features are intuitive to find.

[@3dartcritic]

Brilliant! Video Thanks!!!

[@stevewr9186]

Thank you Vladimir!

[@kspokermike1629]

Anything to make it easier, I’m in. Great tip!

[@Ohnidog]

Charmingly presented, concise and very clear. Thank you very much!

[@DesktopMakes]

Thanks Ohnidog!

[@TheBurzhui]

Thanks for the tip

[@JoshMakesStuff]

Thanks! Working with text just got way easier

[@YeeKongChan]

Thanks. Love your channel. Precise and useful.

[@DesktopMakes]

Thanks Aravon!

[@Thunsegen]

Very useful and didactic video. Thanks a lot!

[@MikePhillips2000]

Fantastic vid!!!! THX!!!

[@jmogyoro]

awesome. just what I needed. Thanks

[@Johncoffee2002]

Great tip Vladimir.Thanks for sharing. Could you do a tutorial about Origin of bodies, components etc. ? Furthermore, I find myself still puzzled with the Move command. Don't really understand all the options in the command window... For example - how to I move the Origin of a component to a different location within the component?

[@ShawnyDsMusic]

Seriously thank you thank you thank you man! This is an awesome tip and a huge time saver.

[@DesktopMakes]

You're very welcome Shawn. Glad you found it helpful.

[@cyklop1977]

that was very helpful, thanks

[@rigfix]

Thanks ! It helped me a lot :)

[@OldePhart]

google took me here to the exact time mark for the exact answer I needed. Perfect. Thank You.

[@IsraelSocial]

Many thanks!

[@philippe5394]

Alignement is often used, this tutorial is very usefull. Thanks for sharing

[@SimX9000]

This was super helpful, thank you

[@DesktopMakes]

Glad to hear it Chevy!

[@donswords6671]

Holy Mackerel! Thanks! Just subbed.

[@cschmitz]

holy crap that's such a good tip!!!! Thanks for showing it!

[@DesktopMakes]

You're very welcome!

[@LesMarco]

Thank you!

[@StaryPutejtos]

It was exactly what i was searching for. Thanks man!

[@DesktopMakes]

Awesome, love when that happens!

[@MiljanBojovic]

Thank you so much :D

[@bialyabnormal]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@jpreel]

Excellent thanks

[@marchache]

Awesome!

[@MarcinRamzes]

Great tip. Thx

[@jimlee4649]

Thank you!!!

[@MrTechnoTaco]

thank you this video helped me

[@billbyrd9845]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@DesktopMakes]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TeganBurns]

Thank you for the time saver sir! 👍🏻

[@DesktopMakes]

No problem 👍

[@adambergendorff2702]

This was a great one! Vladimir

[@DesktopMakes]

Thanks Adam

[@passionplongee4130]

Very usefull tip, I had hard time to make a circle center collinear to a vertical line

[@DesktopMakes]

Glad it helped!

[@lepalakatamongalo7328]

VERY HELPFUL

[@theglitcher8553]

you are a life saver, subscribed

[@DesktopMakes]

Thanks!

[@user-wu7rf6kl6j]

Just saved my sanity, appreciate your work

[@alpashek]

very nice. Is there a similar feature for aligning bodies

[@oldschool7743]

Cool!

[@1bulldog998]

great video ty

[@equiz]

Cool, but how would you align to the center if you have many shapes attached in a single drawing?

[@bobvidal7096]

Vladamir, would you please demonstrate problems that occur when using the Align Tool. Example: Align two Bodies then after pressing Enter, the first Body returns to its original spot.

[@JonatanCastro-secondary]

AWESOME

[@roman1324]

Thank you, thank you, thank you very much!

[@mysomervda]

Brilliant! And nice concise video on how to do it :)

[@DesktopMakes]

Glad it was helpful!

[@normcaissie5598]

nice. thanks

[@acidtechno]

Top , saved my day :))

[@theoriginalwoodchuck]

Very nice short tutorial. Thankyou. Can you tell me how to snap to a construction line?

[@DesktopMakes]

Snapping to a construction line works the same way as snapping to a regular line. If you're trying to snap to the midpoint just make sure to hold down the Shift key while hovering near the midpoint.

[@ronhorn5058]

Thanks

[@wullxz]

Hi there, your explanations make perfect sense and seem very helpful. I can't really follow them though because you obviously use a lot of keyboard shortcuts that I as a beginner don't know and can't see. Please consider using a program, that shows your keypresses if you're not doing so by now anyway.

[@QuadView]

Nooo. Nooo. Nooo!!! What’s so simple now. Thank you. Just watching you work helped me a ton!!!

[@miguelquiroz1550]

Brother , thanks for that video!

[@DesktopMakes]

You bet!

[@4funrc11]

Hey, thx. :) And what's not to like with your tips and tricks? I find them useful.

[@DesktopMakes]

Thanks!

[@groteboem]

I dont have the 'Constraints' tab there, how do I get it? I am new

[@helloimtokki]

How do you center align a svg logo? I just started using Fusion 360 and cannot figure it out, it's killing me

[@TheDarvec1]

For anybody watching, he is using the horizontal/vertical constraint although it's not mentioned.

[@cubrecamarojo2924]

how can you put the center of mass of a 3d object in the origin?

[@play18daily]

Double thumbs up on this!!!

[@DesktopMakes]

Thanks Rick!

[@tiriaq2607]

Everytime I finally sit down and try to learn something my Fusion 360 looks different from all those who try to teach here. This time I don't know how to get the constraints menu, all I see is a tagbox from options

[@nl2rma]

I wonder to: "how to get the constraints menu, all I see is a tagbox from options"

[@JoseArevalo-Fester]

Hi! Thanks for the lesson. How can I center a body in to another one?

[@JoseArevalo-Fester]

For example. If I have a rectangular base and want to place an extruded letter R just in the middle?

[@Heynicetie]

You need more subscribers.

[@AdrivandeVelde]

Why does that not work for me? Is there a function button I missed? I don`t understand. I have a "not for commercial use" account

[@JosEffigy]

How to do it for solids?

[@dinierto]

Shift doesn't do this for me what am I missing?

[@thomasputko1080]

thank you so much

[@DesktopMakes]

You're welcome Thomas!

[@thomasputko1080]

@@DesktopMakes short and sweet is something which is missing a lot on you tube. If I have a very specific basic problem and type it on yt it throws 20mins vid - i dont want to spend 20 mintues watching someones crap to find out it is not the answer to my querry. This short and sweet type, 90 secs, is just gold. If it is not my answear im not frustrated as it is only 90 secs. Just brilliant mate. I hope to see more of Short and sweet. Just like you buddy. 😜

[@kevorkarackellian389]

Vlad, thank you for creating this video - great tips! Question: for example, assuming you have two circles and neither is full constrained how does Fusion 360 decide which entity to move?

[@DesktopMakes]

Based off limited tests, it seems that Fusion will move the second selected to the first.

[@kevorkarackellian389]

Thank you!@@DesktopMakes

[@omtapkir8639]

Thanks 😭

[@jimsvideos7201]

Bless you human, and your nose.

[@marcotramontano3405]

I tried it with a circle, outside of sketcher-> did not work, how can I select the centerpoint of a circle?

[@DesktopMakes]

Simply click on the circle's center point to select it.

[@chrisdrake4692]

Cool trick, but, it only worked on the sides - what you "usually do" is still clearly better, since it's the center - and it's way more frequent that you need to constrain based on the center than one side...

[@ChannelHTS]

with vertical and horizontal lines how do i know what line to click first to go to mid point of either line

[@DesktopMakes]

If neither item is constrained, the second click will always move. If one of the items are constrained, the one not constrained will move and the order doesn't matter.

[@ChannelHTS]

@@DesktopMakes awesome thankyou

[@muskateer10]

Do you know of a quick tip on how to find the center of a cylinder? I am trying to place a small cylinder at the center point (end face) of a larger cylinder, but nothing I have tried will snap to the face on the larger cylinder. If I make a sketch on the cylinder face I can find it. But it seems rather of a waste to have to make a sketch just for this.

[@DesktopMakes]

Create a sketch and hit ''p" on the keyboard to project the circle into the sketch. You should now be able to snap into the center point.

[@muskateer10]

@@DesktopMakes I went in to Preferences > design -- and clicked the radio button (Auto project geometry on active sketch plane) to on. Now, I can hover over the center of the end pyramid face and the center attachment point shows up as a blue circle. So, I didn't have to draw a sketch-cluttering up the design- just for a "project". Whether this has any ill effects for me down the road...I have no idea. I guess if it causes problems, then I can just go back in to preferences and click on it again to turn it off.... lol **In my opinion this is a bug. I can center a hole on the end face of the cylinder without issue...Cylinder on a cylinder face just would not work. Being as these are both "primitives," they should operate identical. Anyway...moving on.

[@DesktopMakes]

That also works. Just be careful as now it will be easier to set unintentional constraints when sketching.

[@GeryS.]

I'v never seen the text not being upside down!

[@brandenburns3322]

tried it, nothing happened

[@AerialLensVideo]

Man - I LOVE your videos, but this is just not working on lines for me. You explain at 2:35 that alignment happens when you use the horiz/vert tool and click on each of the lines (say a vertical, then horizontal as you have); all it does is add the horizontal or vertical contrainst, doing nothing else. Please, What am I missing???

[@DesktopMakes]

Hi ArielLensVideo. Make sure you're holding down Shift when you hover over the line until you see the little triangle which represents the midpoint constraint.

[@AerialLensVideo]

@@DesktopMakes Thanks! Just not working, BUT Works now, after closing out and re-loading. NOW, I am trying to align a body above the origin and that is not working; let's me select the center of the top face on the body, then ignores the origin (won't let me select origin as the 2nd point, or even a vertical construction line) in same Top view. This program can grow brain bananas pretty frequently, but not giving up.

[@aeit999]

Outdated, no idea what are you doing. Also, it's just sketches, what If I want to align body to another body at a certain point?

[@wellphoto3d]

obsolete, today