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Equation Driven Mates?

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Dec 1, 2010
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I am trying to create a model where it would be extremely helpful to drive a mate with an equation, rather than editing the mate itself. (It's a fairly dynamic model and there are other factors that help determine how long the distance mate needs to be that would all otherwise need to be calculated every time I want to change the mate.) Is this possible? Or is there another way that I could get around this, even if it is messy?

 
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You should be able to do this with equations directly or in a Design Table, utilizing the functions of Excel.

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Wow, thanks. I was trying to grab the dimension straight from the FeatureManager Design tree, rather than clicking the mate dimension in the work area. Mystery solved.
 
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