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Reposition Assembly

Setup → Manage Assemblies → Reposition             Shared Dialog Box
Move and/or rotate an entire assembly. If you are setting up your assembly for real time analysis and your road file origin doesn't match your vehicle origin, you may wish to reposition the assembly instead of specifying a road offset. The use of a road offset requires additional computation at each time step in order to calculate the location of each tire with respect to the road surface. Repositioning the assembly to match the road origin eliminates the need for these additional computations, resulting in faster run times. This process is generally irreversible, so it should be performed immediately before submitting an analysis.
 
Note:  
Saving the repositioned assembly in ASCII or XML formats will not store the location/orientation changes. If you wish to save the repositioned assembly in its new position, save as binary format.
 
For the option:
Do the following:
Assembly
Shows the list of assemblies that are currently in the database. Select the one you want to reposition.
Translation Delta
Enter the translation you wish to apply to the assembly, in the global coordinate system and current modeling units.
Orientation Delta
Enter the rotation you wish to apply to the assembly, in the global coordinate system and current modeling units.
Retain Parameterization
Select this toggle if you wish to attempt to keep all location/orientation parameterizations. Success depends on how your templates are designed. The more foolproof, but irreversible option, is to uncheck this toggle so that all location/orientations will be lost.
Keep Current Road Position
Select this toggle if you want the road to remain at the current position.