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Joined parts problems?

Joined parts problems?

Joined parts problems?

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Is anyone having problems with joined parts losing their mates.  I am having problems with joined parts with several holes cut in the skin of a part losing the mates with the penetrations that match up with them.  I know the models were good several weeks ago, but I open them up and there are numerous mate errors?  What gives?

RE: Joined parts problems?

What version are you using? Have you done any changes to either part?

RE: Joined parts problems?

If your mates are feature based rather than plane-based adjustments that effect the feature in the part will cause it to lose a mate in the assembly

RE: Joined parts problems?

1) If your faces ID's are changing then that would cause it to fail - Try doing several Ctrl-Q's and see if the come back or change. That would indicate Face ID's are changing.

2) If you are using face mates then try using Plane mates instead but don't offset the planes form the faces. That just a bad as using the faces themselves. Instead use the original planes (Front, Top, Right) to create new planes for mating.

3) Instead of using Joined parts save them as a part from an assembly. If you need them joined together as a single body - use the Combine function.

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