JST
Alibre Super User
I have a design for a client which involves some pipework, for a welded frame, not fluid flow.
I need to stick a couple parts together which have angle cuts on them, since the frame has an angle at that point.
The way I have done this in the past is to get the two parts with their cut ends aligned coplanar, then establish axes and then points in the cut plane, and finally make the points coincident, or a point and the opposite axis coincident.
Only this is not working. The constraint is accepted, but the parts do not come together. One is fixed, but the other is free, minimum motion is off, there seems to be no reason these will not come together.
It's really a case for the model to be posted, but I can't do that, there is other stuff in it which I can't show. If I edit out the other stuff, then I may edit out the problem.
I know that red constraints can cause this. There are none. I did have a red constraint due to an anchored part, but removing the anchor makes no difference. No constraints show up red, but it still does not work.
However, if I do the same thing in a separate assembly, having only the two parts, it does work.
Any suggestions?
I need to stick a couple parts together which have angle cuts on them, since the frame has an angle at that point.
The way I have done this in the past is to get the two parts with their cut ends aligned coplanar, then establish axes and then points in the cut plane, and finally make the points coincident, or a point and the opposite axis coincident.
Only this is not working. The constraint is accepted, but the parts do not come together. One is fixed, but the other is free, minimum motion is off, there seems to be no reason these will not come together.
It's really a case for the model to be posted, but I can't do that, there is other stuff in it which I can't show. If I edit out the other stuff, then I may edit out the problem.
I know that red constraints can cause this. There are none. I did have a red constraint due to an anchored part, but removing the anchor makes no difference. No constraints show up red, but it still does not work.
However, if I do the same thing in a separate assembly, having only the two parts, it does work.
Any suggestions?
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