2010 concentric mate
2010 concentric mate
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I noticed recently that when I mate a cylinder to a line or point in an assembly, it wants to automatically mate the edge of the cylinder/circle as coincident. Previous versions would automatically select concentric. Not a big deal because I can select concentric, but don't understand why it changed.
Has others here experienced this?
Has others here experienced this?
Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
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RE: 2010 concentric mate
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RE: 2010 concentric mate
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RE: 2010 concentric mate
Thanks!
Chris
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RE: 2010 concentric mate
The result is that when I inserted two identical parts, selected the "Mate", selected "Face1" (inner surface) and the same inner surface on the other part, the automatic/default mate type was concentric.
If you pick something that's not "concentric" by it's nature (as stated: "Line or point") the default in 2010 may be coincident... As I remember, a point has no physical geometry, size or shape. the line is the shortest path between two points, and because of no actual shape, it will probably not treated as the closest mate to a cylindrical shape. But this is my reasoning only, and maybe this is why I found the SW to be a very intuitive program to learn. Unlike the classical AutoCAD which horrified me from the first moment I tried to understand it's "logic"... Again, that's just me.
RE: 2010 concentric mate
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RE: 2010 concentric mate
A round feature to a round feature (two tubes) is no issue.
Chris
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RE: 2010 concentric mate
handleman, ctopher - could you show me an example of such macro? - Recording doesn't give much result.
RE: 2010 concentric mate
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I guess I shouldn't say that I never use the mate interface, because on rare occasions I need a different type from the above. However, these four address about 98% of the mates I use.
-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)