Dimension controlled by a distance mate...or vice versa
Dimension controlled by a distance mate...or vice versa
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Hello all. I have an assembly with a slider block in it, so naturally it is not fully constrained. As I slide it to new positions I would like a plane to move relative (in fact perpendicular) the same distance.
I know you can link dimensions but is there a way to link a dimension to a distance mate (or preferably a distance mate to a dimension), or another solution to this problem. Thanks so much for the help
JD
I know you can link dimensions but is there a way to link a dimension to a distance mate (or preferably a distance mate to a dimension), or another solution to this problem. Thanks so much for the help
JD






RE: Dimension controlled by a distance mate...or vice versa
RE: Dimension controlled by a distance mate...or vice versa
RE: Dimension controlled by a distance mate...or vice versa
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP, Certified DriveWorks AE
CAD Administrator, Ultimate Survival Technologies
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RE: Dimension controlled by a distance mate...or vice versa
I want to control both the distance mate and the planes' dimension with a global variable called "offset". If I link just the mate value to "offset", or just the plane dimension to "offset" they will work fine. But when I link both of them to "offset" I get an error: 'Incompatible range of values make these dimensions unlinkable'.
Now both of these values are strictly linear dimensions so ideally there should be no problem.
But okay, so I dont need to have them linked to one global variable: Instead, I can have the planes' dimension linked to "offset" and "offset" linked to the distance mate value. This gives me no error, but when I change the distance mate value and rebuild, "offset" changes, but the plane dimension does not update or change.
Something funny is going on here. Any ideas?
Thanks, JD
RE: Dimension controlled by a distance mate...or vice versa
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP, Certified DriveWorks AE
CAD Administrator, Ultimate Survival Technologies
My Blog
RE: Dimension controlled by a distance mate...or vice versa
RE: Dimension controlled by a distance mate...or vice versa
RE: Dimension controlled by a distance mate...or vice versa