Import to a Plane or move to a Plane

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I have made a Parametric drawing of a telescopic tube. Each tube is dependant on the variables defined for base tube diameter, wall thickness, length & a gap. Each sketch of a tube is drawn on its own plane and I can move those planes up and down with an extension variable.

So far so good.

Now I want to import some components to be positioned relative to each extension variable plane so that those components also move with the relevant tube.

I can’t find a way of importing to a particular plane, or of moving an item from one plane to another.
I can draw a new item on a particular plane. I could draw each component from scratch and they will then move with the plane when I change the extension variable. …..but I cannot import to a plane, or move to a plane.

Anyone got any ideas?

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Since you have your variables setup you could use the Align tool to align and it will move with your variable updates.

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Thank you, @kabocha
That seems to work, but I will have to play around some more with the Align Tool to establish what exactly it needs in order to align a part with a plane.
I am out of circulation for 2 weeks, but I am glad to have made progress before I go.
Thank you again.