Mating of Holes
Mating of Holes
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I recently worked with a Jobber who mated holes with coincident mates – Axis to Axis. At the time I thought good idea…until after he left and I had to go back into his work and troubleshoot some mating issues and all I see are coincident mates. It’s not terrible but probably took me a bit longer overall. How do other feel about this method?
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance






RE: Mating of Holes
Jason
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Bradley
RE: Mating of Holes
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
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RE: Mating of Holes
I create the axes using two of the main reference planes, NOT from a cylindrical surface ... again for surface ID stability reasons.
The only time I don't mate with axes is when I use the ALT-select placement metod for fasteners.
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RE: Mating of Holes
Cheers
RE: Mating of Holes
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
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RE: Mating of Holes
Windows 2000 Professional / Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer
SolidWorks 2006 SP01.0 / SpaceBall 4000 FLX
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Lava Lamp
RE: Mating of Holes
I use axis mates as well. More from preference than
the instability of cylindrical surface mates. The
axis remains, regardless of changes to hole diameter
and depth. Also, as far as searching through mates, if
you hold the control key, select two components in the
assembly, pick the Property Manager (center tab), the
mates between the components selected will be BOLDED
text.
Jeff
RE: Mating of Holes
In any case, most of the axial coincident mates I have encountered are temp-axis-to-temp-axis. I find that the troubleshooting is harder—they are indistinguishable from other coincident mates when looking at mates in the feature manager tree, and they don't highlight very clearly on the model when selected. As far as zooming in to the model too much, I keep as high a resolution as I can (right now 1280 X 1024 on a 21" monitor) and filter for surfaces. This allows for more of the model/drawing clearly seen on the screen, and allows for easier mating surface selection with minimal zoom. But then, I rarely work on a model with more than 100 components and usually in an envelope less than a cubic foot.
RE: Mating of Holes
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
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RE: Mating of Holes
Windows 2000 Professional / Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer
SolidWorks 2006 SP01.0 / SpaceBall 4000 FLX
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Lava Lamp
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Regarding temporary axes, I dont know if the axes ID changes when/if the cylindrical surface it relates to, changes.
TateJ ... The cylindrical (concentric) mates aren't unstable. But if the cylindrical surface gets modified or loses its ID for some mystical reason, the mate could become broken.
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I'd like to see that done with even a moderate population of holes, say 20? Let alone something with dozens of holes or hundreds.
It seems that such a practice would seriously clutter a model and require the movement of too many features to modify a few holes.
wgchere
RE: Mating of Holes
Windows 2000 Professional / Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer
SolidWorks 2006 SP01.0 / SpaceBall 4000 FLX
Diet Coke with Lime / Dark Chocolate
Lava Lamp
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There are many ways to skin the proverbial cat.
Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Mating of Holes
Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Mating of Holes
Windows 2000 Professional / Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer
SolidWorks 2006 SP01.0 / SpaceBall 4000 FLX
Diet Coke with Lime / Dark Chocolate
Lava Lamp
RE: Mating of Holes
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716