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use special functions for primitives
Move to locator - alignment
With “Move to Locator” a primitive can have three alignments for all three coordinates:
| Orientation | Alignment | Locater position |
|---|---|---|
| Lateral | None (Default) | Center of the Primitive |
| X axis | Center | Center of the Primitive |
| Right | Right end of the Primitive | |
| Left | Back end of the Primitive | |
| Horizontal | None (Default) | Center of the Primitive |
| Y axis | Center | Center of the Primitive |
| Front | Front end of the Primitive | |
| Back | Back end of the Primitive | |
| Vertical | None (Default) | Center of the Primitive |
| Z axis | Center | Center of the Primitive |
| Top | Top end of the Primitive | |
| Bottom | Bottom end of the Primitive |
Rotate to locator
- Primitives can automatically adjust their rotation to the surface orientation of another model. This makes it easier to create complex chill geometries or to extract sand core bodies or sliders from the model of the cast part.
Example of closing the manifold model for creation of a sand core using boolean operations:
Set the locator onto the flange surface, create a cylinder and fill in its properties (“Closed” onto “True”, Radius = ?? mm, Height = Z1 mm) 
- Click onto the “Rotate to Locator” button in the CYLINDER DIALOGUE
- Click onto the “Translate” button in the CYLINDER DIALOGUE, select “Local” and fill in Z = Z1/2 mm (half of its height). The cylinder is now face to face parallelly aligned with the flange surface.
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