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[onefjef]

New to SE. Many times during design I would like to position a part relative to another part base on sketch elements or relative coordinates from other parts. How would I approach this in SE.
Is there a way to constrain parts from each other in an delta x, delta y fashion?

 

[kjoiner]

Onefjef,

When you are constraining parts to one another, Look to the left of the pull down menu where you set your constraints and you will see an icon that looks kind of like a small purple flag. The tool tip will show it as "construction display". If you click on it, you will see various options including sketches, reference planes, coordinate systems, etc. You can use these to constrain the part to another part. Once you have the part constrained, you can use the offset values to shift the parts around. By they way, I prefer to pick the type of constraint manually rather than using flash fit which SE defaults to - probably habit but I also feel like I have a little more control.

Kyle