I’m new to a lot of this, so please forgive me if this is a very basic question caused by user error. I have a cylinder suspended between 2 identical bodies. I’d like the cylinder to intersect evenly with the 2 bodies. I’m having a lot of trouble understanding how to align so this may be in that …

@bruck At present Distribution and Array Tools are not available. May I suggest that a decision is made as to the critical Dimensions of the Design and then set up the Grid accordingly. In the following an attempt has been made to replicate the appearance of your Design, the actual measurements ne…

Thank you so much, this is excellent and very helpful. I must ask though, why is there no Align/Distribution tool yet? Also while your suggestion of planning and using the grid would help if I guess the perfect sizes of each piece, but if I have to adjust them or the mounting placement, I will los…

Hi , its an another way with less sketching . Make the half cylinder from a half circle wth pulling the face. Move it as you want with copy and transform Double tap the inner face one of them, and draw a circle for the cylinder. Start to pull the circle to make a new body, then use the replace f…

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@bruck [image] Gelphyn: May I suggest that a decision is made as to the critical Dimensions of the Design and then set up the Grid accordingly. In the following an attempt has been made to replicate the appearance of your Design, the actual measurements need to be adjusted accordingly. I can…

Hi Bruck, I would simply create the cylinder with it’s ends flush with either the inside or outside faces of the ‘brackets’, then push or pull each end by the same amount. To be able to set the offset between the faces would of course be easier and would be useful in many other situations. Cheers …

Equidistantly spacing a cylinder between 2 posts/bodies

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Equidistantly spacing a cylinder between 2 posts/bodies

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