It seems rediculous that if you set a part to float then the mate references stop working?
this may be the case in normal part mating but I've only used this in routing. I want to drag my new part in using a concentric and coincident mate to allow drag/drop of flanged parts that can still rotate.
Hi Brian,
I'm sorry but I don't understand what your issue is. Mate references only work on floated parts, anything that is fixed can't be mated. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you, can you please clarify.
Cheers
Andy
David,
Have you tried using 'limit mates' (under advance mates)?
Or you could only add the concentric mate, leaving the part free to spin and slide.
So, I guess you have set up the flange with 'Mate References' and when you drag the flange into your assembly and mate it using your references. Is it fully constrained? It sounds if you have it correct so far unless the part is fully constrained. Try bringing in the part but don't use the Mate References and see what happens next. You should be able rotate by just using the two type of mates descibed.
Steve
If they are fixed in place then they are not using the so called mate references. If you are dropping them on the origin, they will automatically get fixed.
Can you post some example/picture to demonstrate what you mean.
Also if you using a circular/cylindrical mate, then just create a mate reference on the circular edge and set it to default. The next time you drop that part in the assembly it will automatically create a coincident and concentric mate.