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mate connectors

 

Discussion List

  • Visible mate connectors in assembly

    Hi All Today my mate connectors on sub-assemblies started appearing. Is there a setting I triggered by accident, and how do I turn it off please? Regards Trenton 

  • Multi Mate Connector - Face Mode U/V Axis

    @konstantin_shiriazdanov With the Face option for Multi mate connector, it would be really nice to have an explicit way to chose the secondary axis being aligned to the U or V direction. Right now, it seems like if I pick the Face as the secondary reference instead of Default, I can get it to flip from U to V, but I…

  • freedom with mate connector

    Hello, Is there a way to have more freedom with circular mate connector So that the blue part can move in all the hole created by the orange part... https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e8d2062de0ff95f77a6b4b37/w/88f7579ccec47391700eef0d/e/5656cccfe32344f8124f1bda

  • Not able to snap the mate connector to the center of the slot

    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…

  • Assembly File: Issue with selecting mate connectors

    Hi, I have a student that is running into an issue with building a box in an assembly file. Every time the student selects two locations to place the mates, the first location is changed. For example: In the planar mate tool student should be selecting Mate connector of Part 1 Mate connector of Part 2 But when this student…

  • Is Onshape able to animate my assembly?

    I have two revolute mates on 2 parts and a tangent mate between the sliding faces which is a cam and lever type set up. The revolute mates work fine until I create the tangent mate. Also on the same assembly there is a similar effect between a rotating gear and a rotating gear tooth which is also connected to the lever. I…

  • How do I use mates/relations to simulate rolling down a curved ramp?

    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…

  • Why can't I create a mate connector in between these entities?

    I want to put a mate connector in between these entities in order to make a revolute mate with the center of the cylindrical axle. I was previously using a slider mate in conjunction with a planar mate (mate connector between the angled bar), but the rack and pinion relation doesn't allow me to select slider mates (despite…