Problem Assembly Solid Model to Split Surface

[JMorton]

Hello,

I am trying to assemble a door latch into a door panel. The door panel has a slight curvature on it. The latch also has a slight curvature. The cut out of the shape was generated using a split. I cannot use coincidence because it selects the center of the radius of any curvature in the latch, while for the split surface it only selects the surface when I use contact. So I cannot contact the two parts nor can I coincidence the two part, nor use an offset. Does anybody have any suggestions on how I may be able to mount the latch into the cut out so that it right in line? Thank you.

 

[JMorton]

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[DaSalo]

Add some datum features (planes, lines, points, whatever you need) into the parts. The only purpose of these features will be to constrain the parts together. Publish these features, make your constraints, and then hide the features. This way someone will be able to figure out which features you used without having to dig through the model. CATIA really falls down flat when it comes to constraining anything but the simplest shapes, in my opinion.

CATIA V5 R20
PC-DMIS 2011 MR1