Constraints
Constraints
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Longtime SWX user, getting familiar w/ inventor because of upcoming interview.
How do assemble and constrain differ?
How do I flip (change the orientation) of an axis to axis mate?
How do assemble and constrain differ?
How do I flip (change the orientation) of an axis to axis mate?





RE: Constraints
Learn Insert constraints instead of axial mates. But if you must use one and need to flip, it helps to use the Rotate Component command to rotate it first.
RE: Constraints
Later as you learn, you will discover the uses for suppressing constraints so this is as good a time as any to go looking for that (in the feature tree, right-click on the constraint listed under the part in question).
To have more control over the position of the part when it is constrained, I avoid axis constraints, exactly because I can't control the orientation. When constraining to planes, I can select "mate" or "flush" which allows orientation relative to the positive normal direction of the plane. Not so with axes. They don't always have an obvious positive direction.
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