planar mate, degrees of freedom are rotation about z axis and translation anywhere in the XY plane. it's a simple planar mate, normally you would do this between two faces, so that face of part A and face of part B are coincident and for the motion, lets say they're free to run and slide and slip past each other, (let's say for example, the way one might mate a hockey puck to an ice surface, that type of movement)
that, that type of mate... but using construction planes native to each component. so each component has origin geometry when it's empty. you model inside that component. then when you finish it, you want to join it to another component elsewhere in the model with a planar motion joint. instead of using 2 physical faces of two bodies of each component respectively, how would i use construction geometry (like the XY origin construction plane) of each component for the joint references?
that being said, because i was having trouble with this, i thought long and hard about it, modelling, then erasing, then remodelling then erasing with different orders of operation vis a vis bodies to components to more components and so on, and i came up with an alternate design flow strategy. its kind of a workaround but not really a work around. it ends each set of bodies turned into components then joined as modelled inside that component { so like a flange press-fit onto a bearing together joined as built rigid inside the flange-shaft assembly component [ yes, components all the way down (not unlike nested parentheses) ] } then the flange shaft assembly joined as built either rotary movement if whatever that part is going to bolt to hasn't been modelled yet, or joined as built rigid to the rotating component is it has been modeled.
there are 6 and a half ways to do everything inside fusion or SW or etc...
i like to think of the why. so like a flat sheet metal part, i model as a sketch including hole geometry in the sketch then thickened/extruded, for a round part, if it is a lathe turned part, ill use a profile with a revolve, if its just some DOM welded pipe, it's an extrude (or swrrp/pipe) so for the flat sheet metal part, including the holes in the sketch means only having one sketch to export as dxf if needed for CNC laser or plasma and for turned parts, one profile to export as dxf for CNC lathe (for manual lathe operator, the part would just be drawn and dimmed anyway...)
constantly deciding on and improving personal best practices, when i go to someplace new, i dont want to ask "how would you guys do this?" id rather say "here's how i do this and heres why i do it that way"
