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Missing Weldment Mate

Missing Weldment Mate

Missing Weldment Mate

(OP)
Hi All,

I have a weldment which keeps telling me that there's an error with a distance6 dimensional constraint. It tells me that this dimension is part of "Body-Move/Copy8". The problem is I can't find this Body-Move/Copy8 anywhere in the feature tree.

My best guess is that the "Body-Move/Copy8" is from a part I inserted to the weldment and then deleted. Any other ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Specs, Intel Pentium M 2.16 Mhz
SW 2007 R2.2
1.5 Gb Ram
NVidia GE Force GO 6800 256Mb

RE: Missing Weldment Mate

Hi overkill,

I think you are correct. Have you tried constraining this mate to another entity?

cheers,

RE: Missing Weldment Mate

(OP)
Hey josephy,

The problem is that I can't even find this mate in the feature tree. I'll do some more digging.

Specs, Intel Pentium M 2.16 Mhz
SW 2007 R2.2
1.5 Gb Ram
NVidia GE Force GO 6800 256Mb

RE: Missing Weldment Mate

Can you go to the Mates folder at the bottom of the FM and just delete the distance6 mate?

cheers

RE: Missing Weldment Mate

Hi overkill,

CBL makes a very good point. Quick question are you in a part or an assembly? In other words did you mate bodies (in a part) or components (in an assembly)?

cheers,

RE: Missing Weldment Mate

(OP)
Hey sorry for the slow reply. I'm modeling a part so there is no mate folder.

It's basically a welded frame with parts inserted and moved.

Cheers

Specs, Intel Pentium M 2.16 Mhz
SW 2007 R2.2
1.5 Gb Ram
NVidia GE Force GO 6800 256Mb

RE: Missing Weldment Mate

Hi Overkill,

Pls try this:

For every move feature, edit the feature and examine each mate and see if there are any errors. You may need to reselect some faces to fix this.

cheers,

Joseph

RE: Missing Weldment Mate

I have had similar problems with the split command.  I usually end up starting over, because it will always look for a parent that isn't there.  Maybe try breaking external references?

RE: Missing Weldment Mate

That is a strange one.

The simplest "fix" is to delete the "S3410 CENTER ANGLE" and re-insert both it and the "S3403 INNER SLIDE MOUNTING PLATE" which gets removed with it.

cheers

RE: Missing Weldment Mate

(OP)
Indeed it is a strange one. I think it's leading to cut list problems as well. The problem from my other post has re-emerged and I'm missing 2 or three cut list items.

I'll try re-inserting those parts and see how that affects things.

By the way Corey, any idea on how to remove the reference planes that were left from a previous part deletion?

Thanks for the help people.

Specs, Intel Pentium M 2.16 Mhz
SW 2007 R2.2
1.5 Gb Ram
NVidia GE Force GO 6800 256Mb

RE: Missing Weldment Mate

That's another strange one. I had tried to delete those, but they can only be hidden.

Prsonally, I would rebuild the weldment. It shouldn't take too long and might help prevent further problems down the road. Suffer a little now to save a lot of suffering later.

cheers

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