I find it takes a lot of effort to align a leg and bracket at odd angles. This animated gif shows my technique, but I’m hoping someone could help me improve (there must be a simpler way). I’ve also included the Sketchup file used to make the animated gif. I just want to do this with native tools and…

With no changes to anything. [GIF 22-12-2025 11-25-11 AM]

There’s no need to align it if you model it in place. Looks like a DeWalt miter saw stand..

Of course your suggestion does make sense. But I didn’t intend to ask this question only for the example I provided. Perhaps I didn’t choose the best example, it’s only the latest case in which this question has come up for me. The problem especially arises when there is a small part that is placed…

I would group the object then inside the object change the axis to the angle that fits then you can easily move the object using regular directions. I think you can also bind different axis to different scenes and then not use groups so maybe a scene for that axis with all the other toggles unc…

Yes i did use the glue feature, but unlike simple example you provide it doesn’t work in my example. As I wrote: [image] Tony_M: activate “glue to” place the component with face flush At this point there are 2 problems: a) I’d like to line up the top holes at this point, but the ‘component p…

I’ve read your comment carefully, but I can’t quite understand it. I did try changing the axis within the component, and that did help me for that specific leg. But then I found out that it messed up the angles of the other components in the model. But maybe this is not what you’re talking about. D…

If you change the axis IN the group, it will not change the main axis outside the group. If it’s a component then of course all of the same component will reflect that changed access. You can instead group on top of that component to encapsulate it twice and change the axis in the group portion leav…

[image] Tony_M: it doesn’t work in my example. As I wrote You clearly didn’t read @DaveR advice well enough.. “Certainly you can make the placement of components simpler. Give them the gluing property and set the component’s origin in a logical place” It’s the last part that you forgot.

demo_jlo.skp (198.9 KB) I did the scene option of setting the axis (first is original and 2nd scene aligns with the angle) and I put the 2nd arm into the alignment of the 2nd axis by rotating (twice technically) it then moved it to the other piece by the button point to the correct button point on …

Please review this part of my post because that’s what I meant when I said it doesn’t work. If you can get it to work with my .SKP file I’m very interested in how you do it. [image] Tony_M: a) I’d like to line up the top holes at this point, but the ‘component place’ step won’t let me

Align a leg and bracket at odd angles

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kevin58 December 21, 2025, 9:45pm 6

This reminds me of a question I asked a while back which was answered by @Box

see this thread: Can anybody get this group back on axis

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Align a leg and bracket at odd angles

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