HI guys,
would you know I can do a hinge mate with this green (transparent) panel and the hinge assembly you see in the picture below?
Because I want to check to make sure the panel does not pinch into the black base so I want to check this hinge at every angle basically.
please let me know if you can help!
ok my hinge sub assembly is free to move. I will just do a coincident mate on the panel and the vertical leaf of the hinge
Do you understand how flexible assemblies work? When using flexible assemblies, at least one component requires to be fixed or mated to the layout(planes, origin, etc...)
If you have a flexible sub-assembly that does not follow these guide-lines, you could find yourself in a hell of a headache. The same applies to the higher level assembly where you insert the flexible assembly. If you require that higher level assembly to ''flex'' when installed on the ATR or side by side, then that level will also require to have one fixed component or have one component entirely mated to the assembly layout(planes, origins)
Mate it together as it would be assembled. Then make your hinge sub assembly flexible. You can move the cover through the angles needed for real world applications with an angle limit mate. Use collision detection to stop the motion if there's interference.