Hello;
I'm having a problem with getting the mates to work properly. I'm in the process of cleaning up a 1000+ assembly. This was supplied to us by a vendor and all the parts are number in sequental order. I'm having to renumber the parts with the correct PN's.
The problem I have run into is when I replace a part (bolt) with the correctly number one if I use the replace part function it will place the part into the original location, not where the part I'm placing is located at. If I insert it in and then use mates to get it into place I'm get mating faults when doing a concentric or coincident (face to face) mates to put the bolt in place.
Most of the major parts are fixed to keep things from moving out odf position.
Thomas
I'm having a problem with getting the mates to work properly. I'm in the process of cleaning up a 1000+ assembly. This was supplied to us by a vendor and all the parts are number in sequental order. I'm having to renumber the parts with the correct PN's.
The problem I have run into is when I replace a part (bolt) with the correctly number one if I use the replace part function it will place the part into the original location, not where the part I'm placing is located at. If I insert it in and then use mates to get it into place I'm get mating faults when doing a concentric or coincident (face to face) mates to put the bolt in place.
Most of the major parts are fixed to keep things from moving out odf position.
Thomas
I'm trying to understand your questions but perhaps I don't know what you're asking.
If you're renumbering the parts, can't you just open the parts from inside the assembly and do a save-as? That will retain your mates and change the part number.
As for your mating faults, the only guess I can make is that when you're dropping the bolt into the assembly, you're allowing SW to add mates. In the Feature Manager, under the individual part, look for a folder called 'Mates' and see if there are any unexpected mates listed.
I hope this helps.