Assemblies (Snap Mate when Inserting)

owen_sparks

Hi folks.

One for the "It would be nice one day" pot.

When inserting parts in an assembly that contain their own explicit mates it currently feels a bit wrong that we can't snap them into place by wafting them on top of existing mate connectors in the assembly.

In this example I'm inserting a "Pin" that has two mates of its own.  The part I'm about to attach it to also has a mate... 

It'd be great if these mate points would "wake up" when we hover over them and then build a mate if we "LMB-release" over them.

For bonus points it'd be nice if we were prompted on type of mate required, and were given the opportunity to name it, but I'd settle for an unnamed fasten mate if that makes it easier!

Cheers,

Owen S

brian_brady

This is kind of like inserting standard components.

MBartlett21

Try turning snap mode on before you insert

owen_sparks

@mbartlett21

DOH, I hope you're keeping a tally of the number of times you've made me look like an amateur this year! Erm, yes, snap mode does most of what I've asked for here

I'll leave the request open as I'd still like to waft a part round that contains multiple explicit mates (as the screen-grab above) as I'd like to wake up which mate is used.  In the example above I was only able to snap to the top of the pair of mates defined on the pin.

Cheers, Owen S.

MBartlett21

I think there is a shortcut key like ctrl to switch the mate connector

malay_kumar

'ctrl' key should switch to next mate connector of part. I don't see it documented in keyboard shortcut list. I will get that documented. 

malay_kumar

BTW it works for inserting subassemblies also. It will cycle through explicit mate connector even when those mate connectors are hidden. 

owen_sparks

@malay_kumar, many thanks.
Owen S.