Which Fastened Mate

famadorian

In the image, I've selected an object and tried to move it, but it's stuck, because of a Fastened mate. 

, but which one?

I figured out that I had to delete Fastened 6 to be able to move the object, but only after deleting one by one. How can I determine which mate is keeping the object from moving without trial and error?

Also, is there some way to see which mate connector is active on an object?

john_mcclary

right click your part, and say show mates.

it will show all mates attached to the part

john_mcclary

right click your part, and say show mates.

it will show all mates attached to the part

famadorian

it shows the attached mates in blue;) 

Thanks 

john_mcclary

if you press J and K it will hide all of the mate connectors everywhere.

looks like you love your mate connectors

famadorian

john_mcclary said:

if you press J and K it will hide all of the mate connectors everywhere.

looks like you love your mate connectors

They were a bit exteme on this model,  but any other way I could've done it?

It's a cabinet and I've placed a connector every 10cm to be able to attach the drawers at 10cm intervals

john_mcclary

You're fine 

I always see so many MCs in your screen shots is all
I use my fair share as well, just find them really distracting so I keep them off until I need em 

NeilCooke

@john_mcclary - slightly off topic - I don’t know if this is common knowledge or if it is even in the help, but something I stumbled across recently is super cool. If you click and hold a mate icon on screen it will temporarily put the two mated parts in isolate mode. Which is great for working out which mate is which.

owen_sparks

Good to know!!

john_mcclary

Oh dang! That's cool!

It would come in handy for mated parts deep inside a machine