SW Mates
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I have an assembly im working on and there is a part that is mated to the assembly. The mate says "Inplace(88789<1>,parallel)". This is the only mate for the part and it defines the location of the part. Also the part is not fixed.
What is this mate? How is it created? and how do you modify it?
Thanks
Confused SW user
What is this mate? How is it created? and how do you modify it?
Thanks
Confused SW user






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The inplace mate basically is a mate between the new parts Front plane and the selected face, and ties (or rather projects) the assembly origin to the new part origin which fully defines the location of the part. It does this because creating in-context relations on a part which is freely moving could be a problem.
Leaving the mate there should not be a problem, but a benifit of deleting and remating like Nella stated is you will then have the ability to edit the new part so that it relates to it's own origin and reference planes in a more logical way.
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The Inplace mate establishes a coordinate system for the base sketch in the new part. In other words it tells the part where it is in relation to the rest of the assembly. Keep it if you keep in-context features, and delete it if you remove in-context features.
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