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Reordering Mate Features

jon_woellhaf
jon_woellhaf Member Posts: 92 ✭✭✭
in Community Support
I can drag and drop to reorder -- or rearrange -- Instances. Is there a way to do the same with Mate Features?

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  • mahir
    mahir Member, Developers Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2018
    I don't believe so, other than deleting your mates and recreating them in the desired order. I can't say for sure, but I suspect it's more of an aesthetic issue, and that the mates don't necessarily solve in the same order that they are listed. It's likely a multi-threaded server task with all the mates solving simultaneously. @ilya_baran, amiright?
  • ilya_baran
    ilya_baran Onshape Employees, Developers, HDM Posts: 1,273 image
    @mahir You're correct -- the order of mates should not matter, as they are solved simultaneously.
    Ilya Baran \ VP, Architecture and FeatureScript \ Onshape Inc
  • brucebartlett
    brucebartlett Member, OS Professional, Mentor, User Group Leader Posts: 2,148 PRO
    @mahir @ilya_baran I think what the OP is asking is there the ability to move and group mates to make it easier to understand structure. For example, I like to have my main pivot mates at the top of the list and at the moment I can only do this by creation order. 
    Engineer ı Product Designer ı Onshape Consulting Partner
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  • jon_woellhaf
    jon_woellhaf Member Posts: 92 ✭✭✭
    brucebartlett said:
    @mahir @ilya_baran I think what the OP is asking is there the ability to move and group mates to make it easier to understand structure. For example, I like to have my main pivot mates at the top of the list and at the moment I can only do this by creation order. 
    Bruce, yes, that's correct. Thanks for clarifying.
  • Jake_Rosenfeld
    Jake_Rosenfeld Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 1,646 image
    Please submit an Improvement request in the 'Improvement Requests' section of this forum to put this on our radar and help us prioritize the work!
    Jake Rosenfeld - Modeling Team
  • brucebartlett
    brucebartlett Member, OS Professional, Mentor, User Group Leader Posts: 2,148 PRO
    https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/8486/allow-rearrangement-of-mate-features#latest
    Engineer ı Product Designer ı Onshape Consulting Partner
    Twitter: @onshapetricks  & @babart1977   

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