This won't let me constrain everything - SOLVED

[BobSchaefer]

Alright, I'm working on this door design and I'm trying to get the molding to align to each other and to the edges of the door. On each set of molding, I can get one constraint to work (aligning two sets along one axis) after that, everything keeps going red as soon as I try to add a second constraint. So, how do I constrain the molding on this? What am I doing wrong?

Oh, and one last thing, I'm still on version 26, so if this is resolved in the newer versions, then I'll just deal with this for now. (Its not hyper important, I'm more looking for it to look correct than actually needing to pull measurements off of it)

Thanks for the help!

 

[stepalibre]

I was gonna make a quick example but Alibre said no, not today!

 

[HaroldL]

This model calls for configured subassemblies of the moldings and then mirrored copies of one set in the final assembly.
I changed the molding to be configured for each length needed and set the extrusion to midplane. Then created a configured molding subassembly for each size frame. Once in the assembly I constrained on set of moldings to the LH side and mirrored them to the RH side, with some adjustment to the individual pieces. I added a mid plane to the door part for the mirror.

One final note; if you don't have configurations then each size molding frame will need to be assembled before adding to the final assembly. And mirror should still work.

 

[BobSchaefer]

This model calls for configured subassemblies of the moldings and then mirrored copies of one set in the final assembly.
I changed the molding to be configured for each length needed and set the extrusion to midplane. Then created a configured molding subassembly for each size frame. Once in the assembly I constrained on set of moldings to the LH side and mirrored them to the RH side, with some adjustment to the individual pieces. I added a mid plane to the door part for the mirror.

One final note; if you don't have configurations then each size molding frame will need to be assembled before adding to the final assembly. And mirror should still work.

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Unfortunately, since I'm on version 26, I can't open your file to see exactly how you did it, but what I can't figure out is what faces or edges you picked on the molding to get the panels to line up? Everything I pick on the panel, edges, faces, things like that, want to do coaxial constraints and not coincident.

What am I missing on this?

Thanks!

 

[HaroldL]

Unfortunately, since I'm on version 26,

Nuts, I read that and forgot that you wouldn't be able to open any file I uploaded.

But all is not lost - I recorded a video describing what I did to constrain your door assembly. You didn't mention if you had Pro or Expert and I think only Expert has configurations. Watch the video and see if that helps you out. Post any questions that you may have and I'll try to help you out.

Here's the link...

BobShaefer Door Assembly.mp4

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[BobSchaefer]

Thanks for the video Harold, that helped! Just one note, you could have saved yourself the effort if you'd just said you used the reference geometry, once I saw that I smacked myself in the head, I always forget about that! I don't usually have a need to use it, because for the most part my stuff all constrains without it!

Thanks again though, problem is now solved!