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Custom Mate Connectors not coming over to assembly
dave_sartory
Member Posts: 23 EDU
Hey folks - I know this question has been asked in other forms, but none of the solutions helped and this is actually in the classroom tutorial from Onshape. I'm doing the "bricks/lego" project and when we reach assembly, the mates created in the part studio (which are not inferable from the geometry) don't carry over. I've tried selecting "reapply features" and have had no luck. Following the instructions from the Onshape tutorial exactly.
Here is the current project:
https://fryeburgacademy.onshape.com/documents/1e38047ba3e7e9a531790d92/w/d29800bd59c1ff99b47a4577/e/45b397e230007f0445edaf60?configuration=List_059kixiHVNI1KF=Default;List_WmmBudSylMEleG=Default;List_dtmLVQYltihqBi=Default&renderMode=0&uiState=65dcfdd3968c503e78a50d67
The mates are the block underside mates that are linear patterned at the end of the feature list. There is only one part and no imports. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Dave
Here is the current project:
https://fryeburgacademy.onshape.com/documents/1e38047ba3e7e9a531790d92/w/d29800bd59c1ff99b47a4577/e/45b397e230007f0445edaf60?configuration=List_059kixiHVNI1KF=Default;List_WmmBudSylMEleG=Default;List_dtmLVQYltihqBi=Default&renderMode=0&uiState=65dcfdd3968c503e78a50d67
The mates are the block underside mates that are linear patterned at the end of the feature list. There is only one part and no imports. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Dave
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Kevin_Cowles Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 24 PROIf the seed Mate Connector (the one you're patterning) is not carrying through into the assembly, then none of the patterned ones will. So I'd focus on debugging the first one. It may have to do with a recent Onshape Update, where Mate Connectors no longer require an Owner. It will automatically select the part as the owner if you create the MC implicitly from it, but sounds like that might not be the case here.
To ensure that the MC's carry through into the Assy, make sure the "Owner Entity" box is checked, and the target part is selected. See image below.
If the target part is no longer automatically added as the Owner of the MC based on the Onshape tutorial steps, then the tutorial should be updated. Please confirm if that is the case!
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dave_sartory Member Posts: 23 EDUKevin_Cowles said:...
To ensure that the MC's carry through into the Assy, make sure the "Owner Entity" box is checked, and the target part is selected. See image below.
Bolded your target part in my reply in case any other teachers stumble across this using while using the classroom curriculum. There are always some deprecated features in these tutorials (seems like the nature of the beast with cloud-based software) but I usually catch them and just explain them in lab notes. This one went over my head.
This lego project is such a great lab for the students (high school intro) but without those MCs the building part isn't very fun
Thanks again!
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To ensure that the MC's carry through into the Assy, make sure the "Owner Entity" box is checked, and the target part is selected. See image below.
If the target part is no longer automatically added as the Owner of the MC based on the Onshape tutorial steps, then the tutorial should be updated. Please confirm if that is the case!
Bolded your target part in my reply in case any other teachers stumble across this using while using the classroom curriculum. There are always some deprecated features in these tutorials (seems like the nature of the beast with cloud-based software) but I usually catch them and just explain them in lab notes. This one went over my head.
This lego project is such a great lab for the students (high school intro) but without those MCs the building part isn't very fun
Thanks again!
In the past it would carry over the MC's to the assembly, but now I can't even find a place to maunally set them up.