3 Replies Latest reply on Feb 22, 2016 12:21 PM by Anton Miller

How to mate a face in an assembly to a face on a part outside an assembly

Stephen Edelblut Feb 22, 2016 12:13 PM

I have an assembly with a rod inside a cylinder. The end of the rod is extending outside the cylinder. The rod is not fully constrained such that it can move back and forth.

This two piece assembly is placed inside another assembly and the cylinder is coincident to the axis of this super assembly. I would like to mate the face of the rod to a part in the assembly and have the rod move when the mating part moves. Solidworks will not let me mate the face of the rod to this part outside the assembly since it is fully constrained. Is there a way to mate the face of this rod which is part of an assembly to a part outside the assembly and allow the rod to move based on its constraints?

Thanks

Re: How to mate a face in an assembly to a face on a part outside an assembly

Kevin Chandler Feb 22, 2016 12:16 PM (in response to Stephen Edelblut)

Hello,

I may not be following your post, but can you put the required mates in an intermediate assembly, then in the OP assembly make the intermediate flexible?

Cheers,

Kevin
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Re: How to mate a face in an assembly to a face on a part outside an assembly

Deepak Gupta Feb 22, 2016 12:18 PM (in response to Stephen Edelblut)

Right click on that sub-assembly, select properties and set to flexible OR select the flexible icon (depending on which option you're seeing).
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Re: How to mate a face in an assembly to a face on a part outside an assembly

Anton Miller Feb 22, 2016 12:21 PM (in response to Stephen Edelblut)

Right click on the subassembly in the tree, select component properties (finger pointing icon), then find the "Flexible" option

or in 2015 I think there is this button:

Once it is flexible it will move in your top level assy
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