Quick way to change mating conditions?

[ptc-4864603]

I'm a little green to WF5 so please bear with me, my terminolgy might be a little off. Also I did a search and nothing really came up.

When I place a part in my assembly, I go through the process of mating surface to surface, etc. to get it in it's correct place. After the part is in it's correct place I am required to change the mating to work from the part's datum planes to the assembly's datum planes using offset's.

What is the most efficient way to change them? Right now I am measuring the distance from each of the planes to their partner, writing them down, and doing the mates all over. It feels like there should be a better way.

Thank you.

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[TomD.inPDX · Accepted solution]

In Creo 2, I may mate the two parts and then add the distance contraint as I wanted between the new part and the assembly datum. The default distance value will be what it is in the mated condition. Then I would disable or delete the initial mate condition. I don't know if WF5 would act the same way.

[Gee]

I tried it in WF 5.0 and it works. Mate the component to surface to surface and disable it then create a new mate to assy datum and part datum. It takes the offet value automatically and stays in the same place.

[ptc-4864603]

Excellent, thank you guys!

[TomD.inPDX]

Anytime, Ryan. Happy New Year!