Are the legacy mating conditions available
Are the legacy mating conditions available
(OP)
in NX 7.5?
Dunno if I can make the move to easily with out them. It wasn't a good experience for me when they showed up.
TIA
Dave
Dunno if I can make the move to easily with out them. It wasn't a good experience for me when they showed up.
TIA
Dave





RE: Are the legacy mating conditions available
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Are the legacy mating conditions available
Condtrints better be much improved.
RE: Are the legacy mating conditions available
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Are the legacy mating conditions available
My previous experience was with unpredicable part movement. With "mating" you selected the part to "move"... then the part to "move to".
That seemed to be working at first and then it inverted on me. When I posted the issue here one of the responses was that the new constraints were shaky. So I went back to mating.
I dont need or want to fully constrain anything in my assemblies. I dont have time for that. Sometimes I mate to simulate movement but mostly its just a means to "place" a part or maintain a simple relationship between 2 parts.
Nothing fancy...
RE: Are the legacy mating conditions available
RE: Are the legacy mating conditions available
The advice about Fixing at least one Component is very good advice. And remember, with Assembly Constraints you can not only have more than ONE Fixed Component, you can also remove and reassign Fixed constraints at will, something which was impossible with Mating Conditions where the FIRST component was the ONLY fixed Component (and it was permanent) and ALL other Mated Components were tied back to it, which is why circular references were common and often impossible to resolve.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.