SW 05 Mates
SW 05 Mates
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Hello,
I am building an assembly in SW 05 with about 100 mates. I have a planes defined in the assembly which I use to control the position of components.
For example, 3 parts are mated coincidental to Plane 1 using planes from the parts files. Plane 1 is positioned 10" from the orgin. If I change the position of Plane 1 to 11", then 2 of the 3 components also move. The 3rd component gives a mate error that states, "Planes not coincidental, 1.00 difference". Reloads do not fix the problem. I can fix the problem by editing the mate, but this is rather annoying.
This problem occurs everytime I move a positioning plane. Is this a bug in SW?
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Nick
I am building an assembly in SW 05 with about 100 mates. I have a planes defined in the assembly which I use to control the position of components.
For example, 3 parts are mated coincidental to Plane 1 using planes from the parts files. Plane 1 is positioned 10" from the orgin. If I change the position of Plane 1 to 11", then 2 of the 3 components also move. The 3rd component gives a mate error that states, "Planes not coincidental, 1.00 difference". Reloads do not fix the problem. I can fix the problem by editing the mate, but this is rather annoying.
This problem occurs everytime I move a positioning plane. Is this a bug in SW?
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Nick






RE: SW 05 Mates
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RE: SW 05 Mates
Other times, SW is just confused, and I have to delete the offending mates and re-create them. After that, it behaves.
I can't guarantee it's one of those two possibilities though.
RE: SW 05 Mates
The offending parts are free to float when not mated.
DDunnJTC
I did not think of the in-context references. I will look into it. I hope its not that SW is confused, I would rather have something that can be fixed.
Thanks to both of you,
Nick