Mate for non-circular sections

[EngJW]

I am trying to butt two tubes together at an angle. The ends are mitered so the resulting faces are oval instead of circular. I could not find a mate out of those offered to join these together.

The faces can be selected and made coincident. Next is to join the outer edges (sort of concentric), but SW will not accept the edge because it is not circular. The only thing I can do at this stage is to move them together until they look about right, and then fix each part.

Is there another type of mate, or a different method to work around the problem? Thanks.

John Woodward

 

[manxJim]

A number of options spring to mind
I would first tray mating the planes of the 2 parts if you can’t mate the Front, Side or Top plane try creating plains using the axis of the tubes
A second option would be to create a sketch on the mitred face create a point in this sketch constrain it to the tube axis then use this point to mate the tubes

 

[alexit]

Split the faces so you have a x-y planar edges and make these two also coincident...

Alex

 

[TheTick]

For orientation, use a plane through the tube axis and perpendicular (90°) to the end face. Do this for each tube.

In the datum plane creation menu, select the tube axis and angled end face, use the "at angle" method, and enter 90°.

For mating the tobes, orient the planes coincident, parallel, or at angle as needed.

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[CorBlimeyLimey]

Or ...

1st mate:- The two mitred faces.

2nd mate:- If possible, two of the mitred parts main planes ... or if they are compound angles, (not on the main planes) a common point in the sketches you probably used to create the mitres.

3rd mate:- Another common point used in the mitre creation sketches.

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[EngJW]

Thanks!!


I put a point in the middle of each face and then made the points coincident. It solved the problem.