This part is inserted and mated plane to plane. Then, plane to axis and plane to axis. This part is NOT fully defined. I should still be able to rotate it about the axis by picking to more planes and entering the angle. SW tells me this would over define the part. I have done this before (pre-v2016) and it has worked fine.
What's the problem?
It's not an assembly, so there is no other part. It is a part inserted into another part. I normally try to stay away from this method but I need add some more features that are more normal to the original planes.
Ahhh, ok.
If you are using Insert->Part
Then make sure that the following is checked:
That will bring up this window:
And to add to what I said, if you have already added the part, and want to add more mates, then just select it in the tree, and RMB and select Edit Feature, and it brings you back to the locate part screen
Thanks Dan. I'll give it a try later. Got a few hour diversion I have to deal with.
Two questions:
I haven't opened the part (I am using SW 2015), but the first thing that comes to mind is this:
If things are not perfectly 90 degrees from each other, then you would get that issue.
Also, try a CTRL Q rebuild and see if that changes anything......sometimes I see a component looks under defined or over defined, and I hit a CTRL Q and it solves it. Especially on large assemblies with a lot of mates.
Everything is perfect as far as normal, parallel, perpendicular etc. CTRL Q'd a hundred times.
So you are saying you can't rotate the part with a Move/Copy Bodies with the Translate Rotate option?
No. I can't rotate the part by selecting a plane from the model and a plane from the part and then typing in my angle (where the greyed out 30deg is). See Dans attachment. I have no clue what the "other" Translate Rotate option you mention would do over the ordinary method.
Sorry, just saw your snap shot. If this is the way you are supposed to do it, I wonder what angle input in the "locate part" box is for? You would think if you are adding your mates all of the options would be from the same selection box...just like assembly mates.
Jody,
If you select your Planes & then click on the button next to the angle input box it is no longer greyed out & becomes active.
True, but it doesn't do anything except give you this error when you except it.
Are both the front plane and the right plane that you are trying to constrain......are they both 90 degrees from the top plane shown in the picture?
If they BOTH are not, then this would account for the discrepancy.
Try measuring them to see.
Jody,
Not sure why but it's working OK for me.
Now that's how I thought it should work...and look in the model tree. You didn't use the translate/rotate selection did you? I wish someone tell me why that command is even there and what it actually does.
I have moved on with a work around...again. Thanks for all efforts. I wish I new why yours worked and mine did not, but, we press on and pretend it never happened!
One last comment. I see you are on SW2017. I bet that's why.
Have a good one.
Could you upload the part you need this part to mate too?