I don't get it!! I created a skeleton in a seperate .ipt file. Brought it in the assembly on the zx plane. Everything is centered. I created a new part in the assembly and chose the zx plane, since I brought the skeleton in on the zx plane. I was starting a sketch in the part I created and was going to choose the zx plane in the part, but the zx is in the xy plane in the assembly environment (see attached)....go figure. Can anyone help?
What version of the program are you using?
Kacper Suchomski
@daryldXG9UW wrote:I don't get it!! I created a skeleton in a seperate .ipt file. Brought it in the assembly on the zx plane. Everything is centered. I created a new part in the assembly and chose the zx plane, since I brought the skeleton in on the zx plane. I was starting a sketch in the part I created and was going to choose the zx plane in the part, but the zx is in the xy plane in the assembly environment (see attached)....go figure. Can anyone help?
Can you share the files?
Hi! I think this is about inconsistent ViewCube orientation. I think you want to have Z-axis pointing upward (top). Plese take a look at attached video and make the same change for your iam and ipt files (including templates).
For this particular assembly, you need to unground the part and go to Productivity Tools -> Ground and Root. Then their origin planes will be aligned.
Many thanks!
There's absolutely nothing wrong with having a negative mate constraint offset!
No, there is not a way to make that a positive number unless you constrain the interior faces of those two parts, which would then be 48 in - 2 * thickness. A mate constraint always has the face normals pointing in opposite directions, while a flush constraint points the normals in the same direction.
I might suggest using multi-solid master modeling technique for this, though, which mostly eliminates the need for constraints in the assembly.
Sam B
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