pipe with tangential bolt hole - no bolt can be inserted

[wavemaster]

See attached file.

Pipe body with a tangetial 3/4" bolt hole. Can't get a bolt constrained to anything of the hole, except line up the centerlinest. Can't insert, can't mate. Why?

Thanks in advance.
Robert

[Anonymous]

It will take two constraints. First the axial mate your pdf shows, then a
tangent constraint to place the head of the bolt to the pipe.
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See attached file.

Pipe body with a tangetial 3/4" bolt hole. Can't get a bolt constrained to
anything of the hole, except line up the centerlinest. Can't insert, can't
mate. Why?

Thanks in advance.
Robert

[Anonymous]

wrote in message news:4966192@discussion.autodesk.com...
See attached file.

Pipe body with a tangetial 3/4" bolt hole. Can't get a bolt constrained to
anything of the hole, except line up the centerlinest. Can't insert, can't
mate. Why?

Thanks in advance.
Robert


Hi Robert,

An insert constraint is really two constraints (a centerline mate and a
face-to-face mate) in one. To work it requires a flat surface with a round
feature in it on each of the mating parts. With your pipe you have the
round feature, but the surface of the pipe isn't flat. That means you'll
have to place the two constraints separately, using a tangental constraint
instead of the face mate as Jimmy described.

Cheers,
Walt