Hi, I was previously having some issues with the way my mates reacted in my assembly, I was brining in my sub-assembly which had moving parts into a larger assembly, and then I got hit with hundreds of mate errors when I tried to make the sub-assembly flexible.
My question is whether it would make a difference if I add mates to the sub-assembly while it is in Rigid mode, versus adding mates to it while it is set to Flexible?
It may be difficult to diagnose the issue without having the files, but I'll try to help. You might try suppressing the mates that are showing errors and un-suppressing them one at a time until you figure out what's wrong. And just to clarify, all these mates showing errors were in place, and not showing errors, before you made the sub-assembly flexible?
Yes correct, when I open the sub-assembly it has no errors.
I meant in the main assembly. Did you place all these mates, and they were okay, and then you made the sub-assembly flexible and you got the errors? And are these mates that are showing the errors between components of the sub-assembly and the main assembly, or are they only within the sub-assembly?
I added the mates in the assembly first, then made them flexible, and all the mating errors came from the sub-assembly
When you make the sub assembly flexible, it solves the sub's mates in the final assembly. So since you're bringing it in rigid, mating some, then making it flexible, SW is resolving the sub's mates within the final assembly, and probably overdefining (if I understand your method correct).
If you know you're going to have the sub flexible, I'd set it to flexible as soon as you bring it into the final assembly, before adding any mates.
That seems to be correct logic, its getting over-defined by the rigid mates, and then unable to compute the sub-assembly mates. This time around I made it flexible before putting any mates on the sub-assembly, and so far i've gotten no random mate problems.
Cheers
When you make the sub assembly flexible, it solves the sub's mates in the final assembly. So since you're bringing it in rigid, mating some, then making it flexible, SW is resolving the sub's mates within the final assembly, and probably overdefining (if I understand your method correct).
If you know you're going to have the sub flexible, I'd set it to flexible as soon as you bring it into the final assembly, before adding any mates.