Distance Contraint
Distance Contraint
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This is one of those non vital but extremly annoying things
Does anyone know what the criteria is in Inventor that determines if a distance constraint is a negative or positive amount. Logically it should be that it will be right 50% of the time but I find the error almost 100%. In other words whichever sign I put in it needs the other and so I always have to type in a correction to get the gap in the right direction
Someone suggested it moves depending on the mass of the object. I am sure there is a rule working here rather than pure bloody mindedness and I would really like to know what it is
Does anyone know what the criteria is in Inventor that determines if a distance constraint is a negative or positive amount. Logically it should be that it will be right 50% of the time but I find the error almost 100%. In other words whichever sign I put in it needs the other and so I always have to type in a correction to get the gap in the right direction
Someone suggested it moves depending on the mass of the object. I am sure there is a rule working here rather than pure bloody mindedness and I would really like to know what it is





RE: Distance Contraint
RE: Distance Contraint
RE: Distance Contraint
RE: Distance Contraint
If you use the "Flush" option, a positive value causes the separation to be in the direction that the faces are pointed and a negative value causes separation in the direction away from where the faces are pointed.
Unless the part containing face2 is constrained, the part containing face2 will move while face1 stays stationary.
Let me know if this is completely confusing and I will see if I can get some images.
David
RE: Distance Contraint
RE: Distance Contraint
David
RE: Distance Contraint
Ben