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Question asked by Chad Schmidt on Feb 5, 2009
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I don't understand how an inplace mate works. I'll give you an example:

I have a top level assembly with a sub-assembly in it. Suppose I edit the sub-assembly in the context of the top level assembly. Suppose I create a new part and I'm prompted for a plane. So I pick a plane that exists in the Top level assembly. Now I have an in-place mate that references a plane that exists outside of the sub-assembly. This is fine and all but where is the external reference indicator (->) for that mate? Do I automatically assume it created one? What is the behavior of such a mate in this condition?

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Joel Bickel Feb 5, 2009 2:12 PM
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The "in place" mate is only created when you create a part inside an assembly. It is basically the same as mating top plane to top plane, right to right, and front to front. It does not create an external reference. I think that this went away when 2008 came because creating a part inside an assembly is now a virtual component.
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- Chad Schmidt @ Joel Bickel on Feb 5, 2009 2:22 PM
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  The inplace constraint is incredibly powerful. From what I can tell it overrides constraint behavior in the subassembly level. Open the attached file and modify the "InplaceTestPlane" location dimension to understand. The only thing that bothers me is I can't create a inplace mate without creating a new part.
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  - Chad Schmidt @ Chad Schmidt on Feb 5, 2009 2:55 PM
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    From what I can tell fixing a part doesn't accomplish what I'm after. Notice the sub-assembly is not flexible? Yet the part in the sub-assembly is following the "InplaceTestPlane".
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- Joel Bickel @ Joel Bickel on Feb 5, 2009 2:49 PM
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  Joel Bickel wrote:
  
  I think that this went away when 2008 came because creating a part inside an assembly is now a virtual component.
  
  That's not true, I should have tried it first. It is still used in 2008. It's not really any different than "fixing" a part.
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  - Chad Schmidt @ Joel Bickel on Feb 5, 2009 2:56 PM
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    From what I can tell fixing a part doesn't accomplish what I'm after. Notice the sub-assembly is not flexible? Yet the part in the sub-assembly is following the "InplaceTestPlane".
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