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Parts losing mate connectors in assembly
jeff_mcaffer
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In this assembly (hydronics | Assembly 1 (onshape.com)) I've inserted a couple instances of a 90 degree elbow part from a part studio in the same document. In the parts studio, the elbow part has 4 mate connectors, two at each end. When inserted into the assembly, there are only two connectors, both at one end. The connectors at the other end are not showing up. Have I done something wrong?
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MichaelPascoe
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These mate connectors are assigned to a specific body during the pipe custom feature. In this case, they can't be re-assigned to a new body unless the standard mate connector feature is used.
Use the Mate connector feature to add mate connectors after the boolean so that they belong to the new part. Right Shift + Enter to accept and repeat the feature. Shift + ? to see keyboard shortcuts.
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These mate connectors are assigned to a specific body during the pipe custom feature. In this case, they can't be re-assigned to a new body unless the standard mate connector feature is used.
Use the Mate connector feature to add mate connectors after the boolean so that they belong to the new part. Right Shift + Enter to accept and repeat the feature. Shift + ? to see keyboard shortcuts.
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Also note that depending what you are doing, you likely don't even need to create these mate connector as they are already available as "implicit" mate connectors at the assembly level (as far as I can tell they are just located at the end points of the cylindrical surface.
You only need to define explicit mate connectors when you need them in some "odd" position (not directly defined by geometry) or if using them for some Automation/Featurescript purposes.