I may be wrong but there doesn't seem to be a way in assembly mating to select an offset that is negative in relation to the desire mating reference, as there is in mating in parts (by entering a negative offset or using the mate alignment switches). Which means extra time spent unneccesarily strategizing and moving parts beforehand into the positive quadrant. Is there some way around this?
Hmmm, this works in locating parts in parts but in assemblies I get a dialog "Please enter a number greater than or equal to 0 and...." Maybe I don't understand what you mean by double click on the mate dimension and then revert the positive number to negative, without editing the mate?
Add the mate and after you close the mate dialog box, you can double click the mate and edit the dimension, just like any other dimension, then change the dimension direction
Unfortunately it will not allow me to enter negative numbers.
Unfortunately that doesn't work either. It only allows me to chance the spin increment, not the direction.
What release are you using??
Will this option give you what you want?
One of our engineers pointed me to the problem. I was attempting a edge to edge mate which disallows negative numbers. I switched one to a surface and the flip dimension option showed up. Another lesson learned! Thanks for your help!
Dale Johnston
You can add the mate and then double click on the mate dimension and then revert the positive number to negative, without editing the mate.