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doneill2-Explorer
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March 11, 2020
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Insert Constraint?

  • March 11, 2020
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What is the history of the "Insert" constraint for assemblies?  

I'm sure there used to be a constraint called "Insert".  I was using another CAD package for a while and when I came back to Pro/E (CREO) "Insert" was gone...

What's the story?

Thanks

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Dale_Rosema
23-Emerald III
Dale_Rosema23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
March 11, 2020

Don't know if it happened at the same time, but here is a discussion where they changed mate & align to coincident.

 

https://community.ptc.com/t5/Assembly-Design/Cylinder-with-a-hole-two-insert-mates/m-p/57404

 

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StephenW23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
March 11, 2020

At some point, a "simplification" of assembly constraints happened and INSERT got consolidated into to the ALIGN constraint.

On a good note, CENTERED was added and if you have ever used it successfully, it is awesome for conical or spherical surfaces.

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doneill2-ExplorerAuthor
2-Explorer
March 11, 2020

Thanks for the reply!  I figured it was something like that.  ALIGN is gone... so you must mean COINCIDENT...

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StephenW23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
March 13, 2020

HAHA, yes coincident...

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