Align 3D Scan to XYZ in CAD Fusion 360

Quick video on aligning a 3d scan into fusion 360 XYZ
*edit
In the latest update of fusion 360 a few things changed.
If you get an error about no alignments founds.
Right click on the Component then "unground from parent".
You should be able to continue and align the planes.

[@georgespapillon364]

I just love this tutorial ! Thank you Jermaul !

[@terranceroberts6259]

I keep getting “no alignment suggested by geometry could be found” when I try to align it………

[@xile6]

Sorry about that. I will have to check and see what the problem is. Fusion updates often and things break.

[@xile6]

OK i found the problem. Right click on the Component then unground from parent

[@TheSpeakGeek]

Exactly what I needed. Thanks!

[@DamonWolf2392]

Followed this step by step and I get a "No alignment suggested by geometry could be found". Stuck on this and dont know what to do.

[@Alexmill-h8m]

exactly my issue , im guessing its an update issue ?

[@toddharris4997]

Did you find a solution for this? I'm stuck here as well😅

[@xile6]

Right click on the Component then unground from parent

[@nuroo1]

I'll have to try this with my new scanner. Thanks for sharing :)

[@kalengray]

okay guys i got this to work finally. It seems to only work when you export the mesh as an STL then import it into a new drawing (capture design history has to be enabled to activate direct edit too.). Obviously unground from parent too.

[@mitchimal]

You're a wizard thanks man

[@gg48gg]

Helpful! Thank you!

[@mitchimal]

Never played with direct edit. Didn't know it existed!

[@dizzicz]

Very nice, thank you.

[@dietersteinwender9050]

Thanks,Very helpful compressed summery if you know the meaning of each step in this procedure

[@ahw5hcgfyj]

Does anyone know how to make this work? Even when I unground from parent, it still doesn't do what it's supposed to do.

[@rifalse]

how to make a specific datum like point or axis for entties alignment?

[@xile6]

@@rifalse should be able to make it all under the construction table

[@emin5102]

Hi there, When I try the same thing I get an error "no alignment suggested by geometry could be found ". Do you have any idea about how to fix it? Great video btw this method is 1000x better than calculating vectors and using Move :)

[@stal2k]

Same issue, curious as well.

[@DamonWolf2392]

Same problem, no information on how to fix it.

[@dizzicz]

@stal2k @damonwolf2392 you have probably anchor icon on your component. Right click on the component and deselect Ground to parent

[@stal2k]

@@dizzicz ty will try.

[@jcarrillo146]

@@dizzicz thank you

[@Rocketkid2121]

Can anyone confirm if this still works? It seems to be broken as of Aug 2024.

[@xile6]

@@Rocketkid2121 ill check later today and confrim
But should still be working. Remeber to not skip the direct edit menu

[@Rocketkid2121]

@@xile6 Thanks, I did end up figuring it out. Turns out the component was grounded to the parent. I ungrounded it and it worked.

[@ShaunBennett]

is direct edit in the free version? not seeing it.

[@xile6]

Yes the free one is what i used

[@gg48gg]

me neither

[@gg48gg]

I was able to fix it. I had to start a new design and use "insert mesh".

[@ShaunBennett]

@@gg48gg ty

[@benwebb3526]

This doesnt work anymore.

[@xile6]

Right click on the Component then unground from parent. after that it will work