8 Replies Latest reply on May 25, 2017 5:23 AM by Dave Bear

Mates Assembly Not Working

Anas Deiranieh May 24, 2017 10:21 PM

Solidworks SE 2016-17

I'm supposed to do this. When I do the mate, the parts don't center and end up sitting a few inches away from each other. I pick, for example, the inner cylinder on #3 and the outer on #4. Instead of centering, they just sit separated. I try all the types of mates and still nothing.

No matter what I do I can't get parts 3, 5, 6, 7, & 8 to mate properly. I can get part 5 in, but when I try to rotate the assembly in starts moving left and right. According to all the youtube videos I've seen, this should not be this difficult to do. Is something wrong with the mating in this version or are my parts wrong?

Assembly 2.zip 3.2 MB

Re: Mates Assembly Not Working

Dave Bear May 24, 2017 7:09 AM (in response to Anas Deiranieh)

Hi Anas,
Can you attach all of the relevant parts and the assembly as one .zip file rather than a .rar file please. So I can have a look.

Dave.
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  Anas Deiranieh May 24, 2017 10:21 PM (in response to Dave Bear)
  
  Ooops. The files are up. And thank you
  
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    Deepak Gupta May 25, 2017 12:16 AM (in response to Anas Deiranieh)
    
    Did you checked the video and tried using width/symmetry mate?
    
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John Stoltzfus May 24, 2017 7:17 AM (in response to Anas Deiranieh)

A new assembly has no parts, so when you add your first component it will snap in place "Fixed" - then you mate everything based off of that component. Anything round would be mated concentric or tangent based on the design intent, so that would line up two cylinders concentrically, then you need to add other mates to control the pcs linearly, and those would be controlled with a coincident, distance, limit or width mate again it depends on design intent.

This appears to be a school project, so where is your instructor? Plus we don't do lessons for you, we will direct you the best we can..
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  Dave Bear May 24, 2017 7:33 AM (in response to John Stoltzfus)
  
  This is why I was interested to look at this one John, and it would have been simple enough for me to figure out too but I just don't do 'rar' files (bad experience) lol
  
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    John Stoltzfus May 24, 2017 7:34 AM (in response to Dave Bear)
    
    Dave Bear wrote:
    
    I just don't do 'rar' files (bad experience) lol
    
    Dave.
    
    Nor I
    
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Deepak Gupta May 24, 2017 7:39 AM (in response to Anas Deiranieh)
You'll have to use width or symmetry mate to move the grip in center.

width mate.mp4 1.6 MB
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Dave Bear May 25, 2017 5:23 AM (in response to Anas Deiranieh)

Did you solve it with Deepak's suggestion Anas?

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