[viroy]

Hello,
I am having trouble figure out how to mate 2 cylinders together so that they both rotate together rather than independently in SW.
I have a concentric mate to keep them on the same axis and also a parallel mate on the faces to keep the correct distance... but each will still rotate independently.
I cannot 'lock' them together or else they both become completely fixed... they are just basic cylinders with a 1mm wall so there's really nothing else for me to work with.

The objects I am trying to mate together are the inside of a bearing wall and an extruded cylinder with small tolerance so it will fit snugly rather than having to use set screws or fasteners.
I know for a fact this works fine mechanically... but getting this accomplished with SW mates has been frustrating.
How do I make them rotate together?
Thanks

[Gerry Sweetland]

Use either the top, front or right planes of each part as mate selections. That will tie them together.
Gerry

[viroy]

When i click on View --> planes or View --> live section planes... nothing changes and I do not see any planes or new objects to select.
I do get vertical lines on most my parts if I click on View --> Temporary Axes... but not with view ---> axes.
I tried creating a mate using the temporary axes... but it did not work
What should I do?

[viroy]

Awesome, I believe this is now solved!
After learning a bit about reference geometry, I was able to create a new plane for cylinderA and mate it to cylinderB.
They both are now rotating together
Thanks for the hint Gerry

[Mike 1948]

When i click on View --> planes or View --> live section planes... nothing changes and I do not see any planes or new objects to select.
I do get vertical lines on most my parts if I click on View --> Temporary Axes... but not with view ---> axes.
I tried creating a mate using the temporary axes... but it did not work
What should I do?

Check your individual parts. Are the planes hidden? For some reason SW Defalt templates are setup with the top , front and side planes hidden. Also I think the origin might be hidden.You will have to unhide them at the part level in order to see them in the assembly. I changed all of my templates so these items are visible in new documents. As for axis viewing , you have to create them in order to see them, you have to go thru the axis dialog.

Mike

[Gerry Sweetland]

You're welcome viroy.
The planes are always visible in the feature tree I think? In most cases I don't like having visible planes in my parts or assemblies in less I need them on for a reason but I then turn them off when done to de-clutter the screen.

[viroy]

I sure love CNCZone.
I needed to do the same thing but had completely forgotten how as it's a pretty rare occurrence.
This place is an excellent repository of hard to find knowledge.

BTW anyone find it strange or suspicious that a person who just joined the zone and has no posts/threads sends a friend request?
I may just be paranoid, but it seems fishy to me that they didnt even bother sending a PM beforehand.
I rejected the request.