Assembly mates

[njsavage]

Hi all,





I;m having some trouble mating a joint. basically the assembly is a wine cask. the individual staves are to be mated with teh round ends. I can selected the two surfaces to be mated but once that is doen the only mate type available is 'lock' why is this?





thanks in advance.

 

[michael3130]

Any chance you could post a pick as I'm not that familiar with wine casks so I can't fully picture what you are trying to do.


Thanks

 

[njsavage]

i cant seem to load pictures or zip files at the moment. I will try again later.

 

[njsavage]

the website is not allowing me to upload any pictures nor zip files. any ideas?

 

[michael3130]

e-mail the files to me if you want


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[michael3130]

I had a quick look at the problem last night.


The best approach I have found for this type of assembly is to create common planes or axes for both parts and use these to assemble the various parts. I think you are trying to assemble the parts using planes and faces which is difficult with the curved shapes.


If you want, e-mail me the parts and I will try and show you what I mean.


Michael