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Ability to add Mid Plane Between Two Surfaces belonging to the same component in an Assembly

Ability to add Mid Plane Between Two Surfaces belonging to the same component in an Assembly

In a assembly you can create a mid plane by selecting two surfaces from two different components but can not create one with two faces from the same component. This brings you to either open the component and add the mid plane or create a offset plane distance 0 and then make the mid plane between the newly created plane and the other surface. Would really be a time saver to add this fonction.

3 Comments
MattH_Work
Advisor

Extend this so that the 'between 2 faces option' in Joints can work with both single components and multiple parts

WCrihfield
Mentor

I also like to use the 'Symmetric' constraint in assemblies, where the component I want to position would be the one in the 'middle', and the outer two faces/planes both belong to the same other component.  Since both the other faces belong to the same component, it won't even let us select the second face on that same component.  Same or similar principle as the 'midplane' idea (which I whole heartedly agree with), so this should be enabled also, if the other can be achieved.  Again enabling this would eliminate one or more additional steps.  Some components are ReadOnly for one reason or another, so opening the other component and adding a midplane into it is not always an option.  And I don't want to have to create multiple other work planes if it can be avoided.

+1 to symmetric constraint!!!

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