mate

I'm new to Onshore (coming from Inventor and Solidworks, and I generally like the mate connectors for constraining things together just cause you can lock all 3 degrees of freedoms with a single constraint. However, I'm trying to layout furniture in a room and it would be nice if I could do an Autodesk Inventory style mate…

I'm using tangent mate because the two objects make contact at curved points on both parts. The first image is how I'd like it to be mated, but if I click and drag it to the left or right, it will pop over to the other constrained position. I understand WHY it's bistable, I just dont want it to be. Is there another mate I…

I"m in the QuickStart document, in the Assemblies & Mating section. I can't get the pin in the hole using the Mate, despite trying several times and rewatching the instructions. The pin always ends up outside the hole, as shown here. The URL is…

I get this error message when trying to insert a sub assembly into my main assembly. Why is it happening and how can I stop it happening?

I am working on a project which requires multiple revolute mates to gimbal a part using a servo, however when adding all of the mates, I get a "Mate overdefines the assembly" error. Here is the link to the assembly:…

I am wondering if anyone has advice for a methodology of populating fasteners or other high quantity instances in high level assemblies without greatly slowing the performance of the assembly. Once I have replicated hundreds of screws, washers, and t nuts in my top level assembly, adding new mates becomes very slow. I like…

Hi, I want to mate the center of the slot with a hole on another part. When I hover the mouse on the surface near the slot I see all the snapping points (as shown in the picture below). The problem is when I hover the mouse to the center point everything dissapears. If I move the mouse around the slot, I get to select…

I've used the search function in the hope of finding an answer, but without any luck. So, can I project a 2-D sketch onto an underlying (curved) surface to provide a 3-D 'path'? I'm trying to project sketch 5 in this open document onto the curved surface of Part 1 (…

Hi, sorry if a similar question has been posted before. I'm working on a project where I send a vehicle down a ramp and try to stop as close as possible to a target point decided on the day of the competition. I've created the vehicle I plan to use but I'm still designing the ramp in Onshape. One possible issue I thought…

Hi! I'm trying to mate between a sphere ball and a rounded sphere groove in a cylinder in a way such that the ball would slide only within the groove. Both the ball and the groove have the same radius. I tired to use the tangent mate, but it does not do the work (I'm not sure why). It seems there is some overlap between…

When I change cabinet configuration from 600mm to 800mm, somehow some of the drawers are not attached to the mates. It's like there's an offset. Worst of all, is that it only happens to some of them;) Any pointers as to what I can try here? Probably an easy fix, but I don't see it;) Here's my document:…

In the image, I've selected an object and tried to move it, but it's stuck, because of a Fastened mate. , but which one? I figured out that I had to delete Fastened 6 to be able to move the object, but only after deleting one by one. How can I determine which mate is keeping the object from moving without trial and error?…

Coming from Solidworks, it's possible to do a host of mates that references planes. Doing so is powerful for the placement of certain parts in an assembly. For example, Let's say I want to create a frame from three components to make an "H". Imagine that the two vertical elements are already there. Placing the horizontal…

OK, so I have a reproducible problem. I have built an assembly and there are no errors. Then, either the session expires and I have to reload the page or I leave and come back or whatever - something happens that causes the page to be reloaded. When this happens, the assembly which was previously working is now over…

Hi! I added a mate connector to my bevels gear: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/9b04fb889def400dfd4a693f/v/49c81b9a7cb792589aff29d1/e/fc99f57d0b9bb11ec95b86b7 Is there a way to have them appear as independant Mate connectors, so I can show/hide them, and also to be able to select them from the parts list, in an assembly?…