{"id":200,"date":"2016-01-12T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T16:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fusion360.wpengine.com\/quick-tip-adding-joints-between-two-faces\/"},"modified":"2016-03-15T10:16:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T10:16:07","slug":"quick-tip-adding-joints-between-two-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/quick-tip-adding-joints-between-two-faces\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK TIP: Adding Joints Between Two Faces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>In complex assemblies, a variety of mate types are used to demonstrate the proper fit and motion among components. Even in simple assemblies, componenets are often required to be centered between two faces. In Fusion 360, this type of relationship can be created with a right click. While in the joint command, right click, select &#8220;between two faces&#8221;, then select the two surrounding faces. Next, a joint origin can be referenced&nbsp;off any parametric deterministic points in the model, which will propogate between the two selected faces.&nbsp;Here is the awesome part: This workflow works for any of the joint types (rigid, revolute, slider, etc).&nbsp;<\/P><P>&nbsp;<\/P><CENTER><IMG border=\"0\" alt=\"Width\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/210834iCAD73FD4E4003671\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" title=\"Width\" \/><\/CENTER><P><BR \/>In other CAD tools, aditional workplanes are required to make this type of relationship. The &#8220;between two faces&#8221; option streamlines this process by automating the creation of a joint between two faces. This type of relationship is also called width mate.&nbsp;<\/P><P>&nbsp;<\/P><CENTER><IFRAME src=\"http:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/shdtzn84lb?canonicalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffusion360.wistia.com%2Fmedias%2Fshdtzn84lb&amp;canonicalTitle=FUS%20QT%20Width%20Joint%20-%20Fusion%20360\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" name=\"wistia_embed\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/IFRAME><\/CENTER><P>&nbsp;Finally, try this workflow on some angled faces (shown below). Fusion 360 will find a midplane between the two angled faces to create a joint origin.<\/P><P>&nbsp;<\/P><CENTER>&nbsp;<IMG border=\"0\" alt=\"widthex.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/210888iFFC9C8EAAA50F9F1\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" title=\"widthex.gif\" \/><\/CENTER><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><P><IMG border=\"0\" alt=\"Width.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/210840iBB2F95DF696C1E76\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" title=\"Width.gif\" \/><\/P><P class=\"p1\"><SPAN class=\"s1\">When assembling components, some designs require components to be centered between two faces. There are many&nbsp;different&nbsp;approaches to this depending on your CAD background.<\/SPAN><SPAN class=\"s1\">&nbsp;Watch this Quick Tip to see how to create this<\/SPAN><SPAN class=\"s2\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN class=\"s1\">joint.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":320,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fusion","dhig-theme--light"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>QUICK TIP: Adding Joints Between Two Faces - Fusion Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/quick-tip-adding-joints-between-two-faces\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"QUICK TIP: Adding Joints Between Two Faces - Fusion Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When assembling components, some designs require components to be centered between two faces. 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