Moving Objects by Minimizing Relationships

In order to align using relationships you will want to do the following:

  1. Build relationships or ensure that the relationships you would like to use are in the working collection.

  2. Navigate to the Alignments tab and select Relationship Fit.

  3. Select objects to move as part of the optimization.

The Minimize Relationships dialog will that appear. It provides full control over the optimization process. It offers a list of available relationships in the active collection and provides direct access to their weighting and fit constraints.

Note...  You will first be prompted to select " Objects to Move". If you intend to move one or more instruments you should press Enter without selecting any objects. You will next be asked to select instruments. Moving instruments is the preferred method when available as all measurements and associated objects linked to the instruments (such as measured clouds, frames, or other geometry) move with them automatically.

The Minimize Relationships dialog should be considered in 3 sections from top down:

  1. Weight and Degree of Freedom Controls across the top, which establish the overall fit conditions.

  2. The list of individual relationships, which also provide direct access to the relationships fit settings.

  3. The user controls and computation statistics are available below.