Mates: Arrrgggghhhh!!!!!
Mates: Arrrgggghhhh!!!!!
(OP)
"The components cannot be moved to a position which satisfies this mate. Cylinders are not concentric. Distance between centers is .00011022in."
Note the magnitude of the number. The mating parts are a sheet metal tube and a 5" diameter soft rubber elbow, for crying out loud.
Sorry, just had to vent.
Note the magnitude of the number. The mating parts are a sheet metal tube and a 5" diameter soft rubber elbow, for crying out loud.
Sorry, just had to vent.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA






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In some industries, .00011022in is considered huge.
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Gerald
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Gerald
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To our human logic, that value does seem ridiculous (it is a soft rubber elbow after all), but to the software it's just a problem in 3D geometry and absolute logic, so it can't turn a blind eye to some conflicting mate! It is doing its job and I guess it wouldn't work if its mathematical model wasn't perfect, but it is a real PITA at times!
Perhaps, as it's the weekend and it is a very small amount in the context of what it is (a rubber elbow), it could have tried to offer a message that was a little more "humerous"!
Sorry, but it's been a bad day, the guy (and friend) I share an office with has been feeling unwell and argumentative so even more conflicting Mates than usual Arrrgghh)!
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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Artem Taturevich, CSWP
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AMCBridge LLC
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Michael
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I keep thinking about the old jokes where the punch line starts with "Now I know I'm in Redmond, Washington, USA because... ".
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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That's where the gray matter in front of the monitor comes in handy. I know that if you spend as much time in front of your monitor as do I, then your brain is probably already fried but sometimes you just have to do through each mate and find out why it isn't letting you move them. Suppress and unsupressing mates is a good idea before you delete mates. At least this way if you didn't fix it, you won't have to redo a bunch of mates.
Then there are times where I just can't for the life of me figure out what is causing it and I just delete all mates and start over. Sometimes that's the easist and quickest way to fix mate issues.
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I'm at the point where I can usually figure out which few mates to change/repair first after some minor change has blown the assembly to smithereens and/or the tree is mostly tagged with red symbols.
Usually. Not this time.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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19 Sept. (Saturday this year).
And Int'l Left Handers Day is 13 Aug.
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That's "Arrrrr", Liverpudlian for "yes".
"Arrrgggghhhh" is an expression of dismay, used when you are tortured by pirates, or when SolidWorks refuses to mate your parts.
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Been to many pirate revival fairs? :)
Matt Lorono
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