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SW 05 Mates

SW 05 Mates

SW 05 Mates

(OP)
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

RE: SW 05 Mates

Check to see if your part is Fixed".  By default, the first part of an assembly is always Fixed.  Rightclick the part and set it to Float.

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RE: SW 05 Mates

Do any parent's of the component's plane have in-context references to the assembly? It's usually that sort of circular reference that gets me that error.

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

(OP)
MadMango
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

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