The problem has been resolved and i have successfully mated the breadbox. Thank you for all the comments/ideas.
I am trying to mate the breadbox to allow the roll strips to follow the path but i am having difficulties trying to mate them properly. I have tried using path mates and multiple mates but neither of them have worked. I'm thinking i need to have the path as one object but i can't manage to do that.
What I would do is add sketch points in the Roll Strip Parts and then use them in the Mate Process..
What I would do is add sketch points in the Roll Strip Parts and then use them in the Mate Process..
Points in the parts on a path mate combined with a chain component pattern. That's essentially what I do anytime I have a "Garage door" type of system. If you're moving the parts manually the mates like to flip though and it's kind of pain to get them to flip back.
Not if you stick with coincident mates or add a spline line, (for the Path), and mate the part sketch points to the spline there is no flippin problem
Not if you stick with coincident mates or add a spline line, (for the Path), and mate the part sketch points to the spline there is no flippin problem
Unfortunately that has not been my experience. With the chain pattern it often "Exchanges" the two picked points. Your first part in the chain flips over when you're manually manipulating it along the path.
Not saying I'm not doing something wrong though.
For me - I would never use the "Chain Mate", "Angle Mate", "Width Mate" or "Distance Mate", unless I "Have" to, but normally I find an alternative.... Spline Line and Sketch Points are my friend
I use chain mate fairly regularly on things that are "chain like". I used it a while back on a rolling floor. The Chain array works fine, it's just the first part/seeds that seem to flip. Maybe they need some "Additional" mates to keep them from flipping.
It's a lot easier than mating every part of a 150 part chain.
John Stoltzfus wrote:
For me - I would never use the "Chain Mate", "Angle Mate", "Width Mate" or "Distance Mate", unless I "Have" to, but normally I find an alternative.... Spline Line and Sketch Points are my friend
I use Distance Mates on almost every project, and rarely, if ever, have problems with them.
Distant Mates are ok, but in my world and the "Design For Change" world, they can be a problem, they can flip.
My biggest issue could be that when I try something and it doesn't work as I think it should or maybe my approach is wrong, I go back to what I know works..
John Stoltzfus wrote:
Distant Mates are ok, but in my world and the "Design For Change" world, they can be a problem, they can flip.
Are you talking about spontaneous flipping, or saying that due to a change you may need to flip it? I've used distance mates for years on "design for change" projects, usually with different values in different configurations. I've never really had issues with their stability, but I also have my system set up to never allow SW to flip mate alignment for me.
Are you talking about spontaneous flipping
Yes. I have on several occasions done a chain patter along a complex path. If I drag those items along that path and move just a certain way the "Seed" component will fairly regularly flip over. I then end up suppressing one mate, dragging it where it should be, and then unsuppress that mate.
So let's say I have a part that is coincidentally mated to a path in two places, one is leading the other is trailing. If I drag that part along the path every once in a while it will make the leading coincident mate the trailing mate. This seems to happen based on the view, where I'm dragging from and path form.
..clues.................................
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