Mating a rafter to a beam

brett_d

Hey - can anyone help me figure out how to mate a rafter to a beam?  See my model of a timber frame shed in public section titled Timber Shed.  https://cad.onshape.com/documents/31721dc79321c240bb67a5be/w/9ed70b6514e984ffdfdb1bd7/e/cfe7f5fbe7815964f5f502d4
Thanks much!

emagdalenaC2i

Actually you should create a few, or all the parts in the same Part Studio. That is the easiest way. Then you can create an assembly and group all the parts that you want and create subassemblies.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/210595a1397d78537e7cb314/w/314b9e1c82ae013b750f427e/e/afbd0701f6681e0dc9c96108

It was all in a single Part Studio with less that 50 features.

emagdalenaC2i

But if you need to create a mate in your document, then...
1. You can create a mate connector in the Part Studio 3, like this


2. Then you can create a mate with this mate connector and the midpoint of the central beam

And it is done!

brett_d

Fantastic - thank you so much!

hubert_wagner

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/210595a1397d78537e7cb314/w/314b9e1c82ae013b750f427e/e/afbd0701f6681e0dc9c96108

Hello :
The post has a tenon and the beam above has a mortice for that tenon.
1 Does the tenon cut the mortice automatically or after executing a boolean command?
2 If the post is moved, will the mortice move in the beam above?
3 If I wished to dimension the beam and print a drawing, I'd put the post on another drawing layer to hide it. In that case the mortice remains visible. However, the post must remain in position otherwise the mortice disappears.

4 How would OnShape handle this task?
Regards : Hubert Wagner

jonathan_drury

I have similar questions, can someone provide answers for the above?