Assembly Mating 'Automation' [New to SW]

[m4rc]

Hi,

I've made the transition from SolidEdge in my previous company to SolidWorks in my current company and I'm trying to do something that should be quite simple. I've read the manual/tutorials etc, but still hitting a brick wall.

To keep it simple, here's what I'm trying to do.

Part 1 - Square_Plate, 100 x 100 x 1.5 - In the centre of this plate is a 10 x 10 square hole.

Part 2 - Cube, 10 x 10 x 10

Assembly aim is to (as I thought it would work) use Mate Reference, to enable the easy positioning of the Cube into the hole. SolidEdge has a feature that you define the constraints in the part, then when it's brought into the assembly you follow the 'prompts' to allow easy alignment. So for what I'm after about, you would click one of the internal faces of the cut out, then one that is perpendicular to it, then the final one which is a main surface...

Sorry if it's all a bit long winded...

Cheers,

M
SolidWorks 2009 Professional SP4.1 [and loving it over SE!]

 

[Gupta65]

Mate references should work for you. I will post one example for you.



Deepak Gupta
SW2009 SP3.0
SW2007 SP5.0
MathCAD 14.0

 

[m4rc]

Cheers, that should be most helpful... unless there is another method of using the features in toolbox to insert it like a bolt?

M

 

[Gupta65]

Here are the files but only one of the MR works. I never tried using MR on anything else than cylindrical parts as they work well ion those one.

Alternatively you can use Alt trick. During applying mates in assembly, select the edge/face, press “Alt” button and drag the part to respective edge/face to get fast mating.

Deepak Gupta
SW2009 SP3.0
SW2007 SP5.0
MathCAD 14.0

 

[m4rc]

Yep, that's what I found... it's almost as if the command is not working correctly! Ah well...