skan Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Hello I'm learning Solidworks. I have two extruded bodies, a cylinder and an sphere. I'm trying to apply a mate in order to avoid that they could penetrate each other. I've tried to get it by creating a limit distance mate between their surfaces but I'm not allowed to do that. How can I do it? I know I could try move components->physical dynamics or collision detection, or even use a simulation, but I'd like to do it with standard mates. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 How about Tangent? Can you attach your assembly here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skan Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 (edited) How about Tangent?Can you attach your assembly here? Tangent fixes the the distance. What I need is a limit mate (between two distances) but I've being said that they don't work with different curved surfaces. Do you know if ProEngineer or Inventor support it? Assem1.SLDASM bola.SLDPRT cilindro.SLDPRT Edited November 10, 2011 by skan links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Hello I'm learning Solidworks. I have two extruded bodies, a cylinder and an sphere. I'm trying to apply a mate in order to avoid that they could penetrate each other. I've tried to get it by creating a limit distance mate between their surfaces but I'm not allowed to do that. How can I do it? I know I could try move components->physical dynamics or collision detection, or even use a simulation, but I'd like to do it with standard mates. thanks Anytime you do a simulation any of these mechanical mates are suppressed because they are just approximations of the motion. If you want to accurately describe the motion you need to create a motion study. Tangent wont fix the distance. It depends on your selection process. I dont have the time right now but ill try to download your assembly later and give it a shot. What are you trying to restrict the motion to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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