The Ground To Parent tool lets you define an inherent rigid relationship between a child component and its parent component so they move together in Fusion.

Learn how to use the Ground To Parent tool to ground a child component to its parent component so they move together in Fusion.

Model position (when Ground stock at model origin is deselected) Offset values can be positive or negative and are used to shift the raw stock relative to the selected reference position.

When you Pin or Unpin a component, a feature is created in the timeline. Ground To Parent and Pin These two tools can seem similar but they have several key differences.

Click the arrow next to Ground to open the Ground section if necessary.

Fanout is especially useful for quickly connecting multiple components to ground . Device fanout traces a short distance from each pad of the device, then drops a via.

When asked if you want to convert any Ground (GND) parts to SPICE ground , click Yes.

Unlike the Joint command, since the As-Built Joint command doesn't reposition the components, either of the components you select can be grounded .

Click Move To Ground to rest the bottom of the mesh body on the ground plane of the active component.

If necessary, Fusion relaxes existing relationships or grounded component status to allow the first component to move.

Ground Shadow: Casts shadows of visible bodies onto the ground plane.

All loads go through the constraints and into the ground instead of being transferred to the next part.

The scene settings control the lighting, background color, ground effects, and camera in your render.

To recreate the same behavior as Tangent Relationship, enable the All Faces setting. Tips Apply Ground To Parent to one component to fix it in place at its initial position, then create constraints to position components relative to the grounded component to build up the assembly.

Background Select Environment to use the environment image or Solid Color to select a color. Set the Ground effects. Ground Plane Displays a ground plane in the canvas.