Two items to be parallel but already constrained

[Lehane]

I have built a frame that is triangular in shape and I now want to attach some sheet metal to the top of the triangle. A shaft goes through the frame and sheet metal to house a gearbox, but I need the bottom of the gearbox to be flat (ie parallel to the flat base of the triangle)

The only way seems to be offsetting, but then I can't get it constrained to the shaft. Is there any way to do it?

 

[KENAT]

How about floating constraint to get the orientation - or you could use an angle.

Then contact or tangent - depending on geometry - to get the location?

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[Lehane]

Solid Edge automatically makes everything fixed constraints, and the floating button is the one I press when I accidentally press the wrong one!

Thank you so much! Floating parallel offset worked a treat!