Thank you for your post. I'm not sure I understand about the "face normal" advice. Maybe it will help if I clarify; the first two paragraphs take place in the component part I'm attempting to deform; the third paragraph refers to the workaround for showing it deformed in the assembly part.
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I've used Deformable Part successfully many times in the past, but now I'm stuck. I need to compress gaskets in an assembly and when I create the deform the part moves and reorients to the assembly's origin & CSYS. The gaskets are a simple extrude based on a sketch. When I tested with a simple...