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Mates Assembly Not Working

Question asked by Anas Deiranieh on May 23, 2017
Latest reply on May 25, 2017 by Dave Bear

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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?

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Dave Bear May 24, 2017 7:09 AM

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 @ Dave Bear on May 24, 2017 10:21 PM

Ooops. The files are up. And thank you

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Deepak Gupta @ Anas Deiranieh on May 25, 2017 12:16 AM

Did you checked the video and tried using width/symmetry mate?

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John Stoltzfus May 24, 2017 7:17 AM

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 @ John Stoltzfus on May 24, 2017 7:33 AM

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

Dave.

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John Stoltzfus @ Dave Bear on May 24, 2017 7:34 AM

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

You'll have to use width or symmetry mate to move the grip in center.

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width mate.mp41.6 MB

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Dave Bear May 25, 2017 5:23 AM

Did you solve it with Deepak's suggestion Anas?

Dave.

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Dave Bear May 24, 2017 7:09 AM
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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 @ Dave Bear on May 24, 2017 10:21 PM
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  Ooops. The files are up. And thank you
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  - Deepak Gupta @ Anas Deiranieh on May 25, 2017 12:16 AM
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    Did you checked the video and tried using width/symmetry mate?
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John Stoltzfus May 24, 2017 7:17 AM
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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 @ John Stoltzfus on May 24, 2017 7:33 AM
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  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
  
  Dave.
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  - John Stoltzfus @ Dave Bear on May 24, 2017 7:34 AM
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    Dave Bear wrote:
    
    I just don't do 'rar' files (bad experience) lol
    
    Dave.
    
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Deepak Gupta May 24, 2017 7:39 AM
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You'll have to use width or symmetry mate to move the grip in center.
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Dave Bear May 25, 2017 5:23 AM
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Did you solve it with Deepak's suggestion Anas?

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