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Re: problem with an assembly mate
Check your mates to each part. If you have the front planes or which ever planes mated together then you can't rotate part in assembly. I would undo all mates to the one model then redo the mates and see if that works.
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Re: problem with an assembly mate
If your able to attach models and assembly here I will look at it.
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Re: problem with an assembly mate
Couple of things: First of all, when doing a coincident mate, if they're oriented wrong in the preview there is a button you can click near the bottom of the mate PropertyManager that will reverse the mate. Second, if a part is free to rotate you can right-click on it and drag to rotate it.
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Re: problem with an assembly mate
i managed to get them to mate after getting the 2 parts into a better orientation .i was over expecting the 2 parts to move into the right planes to connect at the 2 faces as i am a newbie .i was expecting to click on the 2 planes on the bar and expecting them to dance into a connection but it doesnt work like that i see .
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Re: problem with an assembly mate
Yes, it takes a little getting used to. If there are no other mates, when you create a coincident mate between planar surfaces it just means that they're now co-planar, they could be many feet (or meters) away in the other direction. I would suggest a concentric mate on the cylinders to get them aligned.
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