Move, Align & Capture Positions in Autodesk Fusion

Learn to use the Move and Align tools to change the position of components around your model. In this video, Elizabeth shows you the key tools available when you want to reposition components or move your part back to where it started. Learn what the Capture Position tool does, and what it means, and utilise the options of as-built joints to give you further parametric control over your assembly.
- How do I move my model?
- How is the Align tool different to Constraints and Mates in other software?
- What is Capture Position and what do I do when it pops up?
Watch today’s video to find out the answers to the above questions, and more, within Autodesk Fusion!
🚀 Join over 1.2 million professionals that use Autodesk Fusion to supercharge their design to manufacturing workflows.
►FREE TRIAL | autode.sk/3Wtfi20
►SUBSCRIBE | autode.sk/30njGGX
►GET STARTED | autode.sk/30k2DWh
►TRY AN EXTENSION | autode.sk/3EOUidW
💬 Ask the Autodesk Community for help with sheet metal modelling, designing, manufacturing, drawings or anything else in Autodesk Fusion
►FUSION FORUMS | autode.sk/47NiKsJ
►ASK THE COMMUNITY | autode.sk/3SYjMhv
📣 CONNECT with Fusion on social media:
►INSTAGRAM | autode.sk/2Enzh8P
►TWITTER | autode.sk/45cIYTK
►LINKEDIN | autode.sk/3UyieZS
📚 Learn more about EduCAD, our Autodesk Learning Partner, here: edu-cad.com
Autodesk
#MakeAnything
CHAPTERS
00:00 Welcome to the video!
00:38 Click and drag components in the main window
01:18 Do you want to Capture Position?
02:08 Grounding components
03:01 As-Built Joint with the Origin - an alternative to Grounding.
03:44 Creating As-Built Joints
04:31 Use the Align tool.
06:01 Using Capture Position with the Align tool
06:28 Use the Move/ Copy tool
07:54 Creating a copy of a part with the Move/ Copy tool
10:12 Using Move/ Copy, Align & As-Built Joints to assemble an example component
12:37 Manually exploding a component to adjust it more easily
13:51 Thank you for watching!

[@spikeypineapple552]

This is one of the clearest information videos fusion has ever put out, on a subject that almost everyone needs help with. Good job.

[@adskFusion]

Thank you! We are so glad you found it useful! Keep an eye out for more videos to come ☺

[@timp2433]

Agreed. I think you could do a more in depth video of the move tool and it would be appreciated!

[@ccmmrrnn]

Agreed. Also an excellent voiceover. Very pleasant and natural presentation with just the right amount of tonal variation in Elizabeth's voice to remain engaging, without straying into "corny KZbin voiceover voice" territory that is so common on instructional videos.

[@mahmou6]

Hi, please do part 2 where you'd sync gear rotation with each other.

[@adskFusion]

Thanks for the suggestion! We will look into creating a video that covers this ☺️

[@baxbanni2226]

Very clear and understandable explanation with the right speed and clearness of speaking. 👍👍👍

[@1st_track_dents]

Great Video, really liking these new tutorials, they are so helpful, please keep them coming 👍

[@adskFusion]

Glad you like them! We have lots more to come, so keep an eye out (and subscribe 🤷)

[@drewsmith3443]

Great job, I’m an experienced Fusion user and teacher and even I learned stuff from this. Yes, please to a video showing the cogs driving each other

[@ObserverChat]

Great Teacher - Thank you 👍

[@perniculous]

Great video. Some of the older ones I am finding are confusing and also are based on old UIs or older workflows.

[@OsmanUYANIK]

Very good explanation! Thanks so much!

[@alan4401]

Very helpful thank you

[@keal4825]

Thank you so much with love Elizabeth Bishop - PERFECT TUTORIAL - FUSION 360 is the best software with myself

[@osvaldo56]

Very clear explanation, thanks.

[@keldsor]

Yeah, nice little video, BUT ... It should be the gear AND the axle that is rotating as a rigid group in the bearings - right ? 🤓

[@twm4259]

Correct. Not many uses for a gear that rotates on a shaft.

[@PiefacePete46]

@@twm4259 : Idler gear, or layshaft cluster? The bearings in the housing would be a bit redundant though. 😜

[@baxbanni2226]

You are right. But for understanding the main topic it is quite unimportant. 🙂

[@adskFusion]

Ultimately, you are quite right! With this video not focusing on joints we made the decision to focus on the Move & Align tools and keep everything else as simple as possible, but in reality the joints structure would likely be done differently ☺️ Good catch!

[@yota4x405]

This is perfect for the project I’m currently learning with. Can you also use the align tool on sketches? Or is it only available for components?

[@adambergendorff2702]

Well done, helpful video! When you made the first revolute joint joint between the gear and the shaft, should that have been a rigid joint, then a revolute joint between the bearing and the shaft?

[@adskFusion]

Hi Adam, Glad you enjoyed the video. In reality, yes, your way would probably be how you would do it. For this tutorial, we wanted to keep the focus on the move and align tools so kept the joint structure as straightforward as possible, but good catch!

[@lucasianii8178]

Hi thanks for the video, kindly pin the link of the playlist.

[@jesterman1302]

That last trick was my favorite... Deleting a move in the time line after an edit to recapture position 👍🏻

[@lebassdesign4850]

Very clear explanation. However, the constraining of components is not very user friendly compared to other design software.

[@lemelmaker]

From where did the keyed boss come from at the end - it wasn't here when you moved the gear wheel out.

[@pmcquay1]

That last move command can be dangerous, if any of the changes to the gear reference things that arent going to move back when you delete the move command. I'd much rather just isolate the gear and make edits. You also mention having more control with as built joints, but Ive found the opposite, that they're really not as editable as a regular joint. Care to elaborate on how they allow more control than a regular joint?

[@adskFusion]

Hi! Thanks for your questions ☺️ With the move command, it is certainly something you need to keep in mind! The isolate tool is great for doing this as well but moving components out like that is very popular so we thought it was important to explain how to do it in the video! Both normal joints and as-built joints have advantages and disadvantages over the other. As-built joints will typically lead to fewer lost reference errors in your timeline as they don't rely on specific reference points (that can be deleted), and it can sometimes be more flexible when using motion in joints, allowing you to select a snap point for the motion without that needing to also locate your components in their place. Hope this helps!

[@stefankrimbacher7917]

Would be nice to use keyways

[@adskFusion]

Absolutely! Whilst we decided to keep the model as simple as possible for this tutorial, keyways would make a lot of sense in this design if it were to be made in real life ☺️

[@lothianmcadam1]

i adore your voice. will you please narrate a dictionary next..?

[@spikeypineapple552]

Weird comment bud

[@PiefacePete46]

I would be lulled to sleep half way through the letter "B"!

[@rickthomas7427]

How are you moving around components without using the Move Tool?

[@adskFusion]

Hi Rick! If a component is not restricted by a joint or grounding, you can click and drag on it from within the main window at any time to move it ☺️ This does not work with bodies, so make sure you are trying to move a component if it isn't working!

[@rickthomas7427]

@@adskFusion Thanks for that clarification!

[@gkoornhof]

Day 52 of asking for Dark Mode in Fusion 360

[@Egil7607]

You better just put sunglasses before opening it 🤝🏻😂

[@yagwaw]

This would be the most useless feature ever.

[@Te4mUp]

Buggiest software I've ever used...

[@seabreezecoffeeroasters7994]

'CAD' for Blender is over there as you are clearly unhappy here again this week🤦‍♀

[@Te4mUp]

@@seabreezecoffeeroasters7994 Why would I want to use Blender? Can the software I pay money for just work as intended?