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Laurel

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This is a picture of an assembly I have created, consisting of two parts - a wire handle (the lighter part) and a body (the darker part).

 

The axis of the two prongs of the handle are constrained (mate) to the axis of two of the holes on the body.

 

I need to adjust the height of the handle so that it is exactly central over the body. How do I do it?

 

When created the constraint, I tried to adjust the offset, but this didn't seem to have any relevance to this problem.

 

Thanks in anticipation :)

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The second I posted this, I realised that I needed a further constraint which aligned the end of the prong with the top of the hole in the body. This would enable the offset to be used.

 

Sorry, it's getting late - I wasn't thinking straight :)

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If you modeled the part with logical symmetry about the origin planes (Extrude Mid-plane) then simply add a Mate Flush constraint to the appropriate origin planes. This is the most robust method of assembly constraining.

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