Modifying a Mating
Relationship
To modify a mating relationship:
-
Expand the Mates folder
in the FeatureManager design tree. Right-click one or more mates, and
select Edit Feature.
The mates appear under Mates
in the PropertyManager
and the related geometry is highlighted in the graphics area.
In the PropertyManager, select the mate to edit
under Mates and change the desired
options.
Mate alignment
(Aligned or Anti-aligned)
on mates which imply a direction
Flip dimension
to reverse the direction in which a Distance
or Angle mate is measured
Value of an Angle
or Distance mate
Select a different mate type.
To replace one entity with another, click the
entity to replace in the Mate Selections
box, press Delete,
then select the new entity.
Click
.
To change only the dimension value of a Distance or Angle
mate, double-click the mate in the FeatureManager design tree, then double-click
the dimension to edit. Enter the new value in the Modify
box, then click Rebuild
.
You can also control the value of distance and angle mates in a design table. The
column header in the design table uses the syntax <dimension>@<mate_name>
(for example, D1@Distance1.) In
the table body cells, type the value for the dimension. See Dimensions in Configurations.
Related Topics
Replace
Mated Entities
Mates
Overview