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Mating parts adding a stop
rob_petkau
Member Posts: 2 PRO
Hi, I'm new to CAD and new to Onshape. I've got two cylinders, one slides over the other. I've applied a cylindrical mate. What I want is to affect the assembly so that the one cylinder will only slide to a stop point when I grab it with the mouse, instead of sliding too far, and past the step where the diameter gets larger and it should obviously stop.
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Optionsandrew_troup
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Search this forum for "limit mates"
They're a popular request, so I think we can safely infer they will be included before too long.5
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They're a popular request, so I think we can safely infer they will be included before too long.
But if you wan't to try workaround some limits to your assembly:
- use section views to see collisions.
- add mate connector to each end and use suppress to allow movement
- add mate connector with offset and use comment to 'save' offset values on min/max, suppress to allow movement.
Some of the previous discussion about mate limits:
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/111/limits-on-mates/
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/624/mate-connector-contact-mate/
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/636/mate-of-the-kind-touch-dont-intersect/
Cheers,
Rob