Alignment translate to element

[[Ma…]]

Good morning,

is there an alternative to the alignment called "Translate to element" to shift the mesh only in the direction of the point? Translate to element works perfectly if I use a surface point in the CAD and I measure it with intersection with mesh, but if I measure the point by, for example, disc caliper or edge caliper the translate to element add to my parent alignment X or Y component when I want to use it only for the Z, for example. In the image I show what I want: use the point only in the red direction and not in the blue direction. is it possible? Thank you in advance!

[[Be…]]

Hi,

simple answer: Yes, it is possible.

Use a RPS alignment where you constrain the degrees of freedom (only one translation to a specific coordinate system which represents the direction of translation)  and you insert only the  nominal point element as observation. 

Hope this helps?!

Regards,

Bernd

[[Ma…]]

Okay, after all this time I was finally able to test the solution you posted and it works very well. Thank you so much!