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[#1]

Can someone tell me what these are and what they are used for?

I am thinking they are imate symbols of some sort.

[#2]

Hi Cadmanto,

You're correct, those are iMate glyphs/symbols. Most Content Center parts have them by default.

http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Inventor/enu/2013/Help/1310-Autodesk1310/1655-Assembli1655/1656-Build_a...

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

[#3 · Accepted solution]

They are iMate glyphs.  Whatever you have selected in that view has a couple of Mate iMates and a couple of Insert iMates.  If you alt-drag one of those glyphs to geometry that fulfills the other half of that constraint type, it will constrain without the need for a dialog box.  Very useful with screws, for example.

[#4]

Thanks Sam.

Didn't know about the alt key.

I know now when I am inserting from the CC (hardware) it used to automatically constrain when

the mating surface was selected or hovered over.  Not sure why it is not doing it now.

[#5]

Thanks for the link Curtis.

That confirms what I thought they were.

I saw the ctrl-shft-Q to toggle the Mate-Glyphs but I am not seeing a way to toggle these white dots

all over my screen on/off.