How to mate

hadas_hamerovv

Hi,
I have two sliders (see the image) sliding in other parts (hidden). Now I want them to stay in contact all the time. The left one is actually pushing the right one. How do I mate that?

NeilCooke

Try Tangent Mate

matthew_stacy

@hadas_hamerovv, is your intent to have a push/pull relationship between these two parts?  Or push only?

The tangent mate that Neil suggested addresses push/pull.  Whereas a slider mate, with a limit (Z_max = 0) will provide a push-only relationship that prevents the two parts from overlapping one another, but allows a gap.

hadas_hamerovv

Thanks guys. I do refer to push/pull although the pull is done by another force. Still I want to see the two parts touching all the time. The problem is when I set the tangent mate is that the left part would not move down beyond a limit even if there is no limit there.

In the image below I moved the black part down beyond its position just to reveal the part. The green part slides in it (slider mate) and the blue part slides in the grey part. However whenever setting the tangent mate the green part won't move down.
If I set a slider mate onshape won't resolve at all (probably because the faces do not create a closed loop.)

Don't know what to do

hadas_hamerovv

Anyone?

NeilCooke

Please share the URL and also indicate the start and end positions you expect from each part.

Have you tried putting a small fillet on the edge of the blue part?