mating information
mating information
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i have a quesition concerning mating when mating i noticed that i will occassionally have a <-> sign in front of the part after mating this represents some degree of moment or under defined. i have tried everything to resolve this issue and i cant is there something i am doing wrong, any help would be appreciated.






RE: mating information
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RE: mating information
Is the first part in the assy Fixed/Fully constrained?
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RE: mating information
RE: mating information
Chris
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RE: mating information
RE: mating information
RE: mating information
I got an SPR on that issue when we switched from SW2004 to SW2005. Parts that were fully defined in SW2004 showed a <-> in SW2005. The SPR is still open and now in SW2006 I still get parts that show the <-> in a brand new assembly, but by the mates applied they are fully constrained. Also, you cannot move or rotate the parts at all, but the window doesn't come up saying that they are fully defined like it does for a part without the <->. I would guess you are dealing with the same bug.
mncad
RE: mating information
RE: mating information