component constrain plane to centerline or edge

[ptc-2602249]

Assembly mode: I have a rectangular part with 2 holes in it. It is angled from the frame at a 30 degree offset. I constrain the rectangular part to the frame with mate/coincident from the back surface of the rectangle part to the face of the frame. I constrain the top surface of the part to the top surface of the frame with an angular offset. I want to add a constraint either to the edge of the component or to a CL of one of the holes to place the part along the frame. I don't want to create a plane in the assembly mode just to align this part. Our assemblies are large and adding planes for every cock eyed part doesn't make sense. Thanks in advance.
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[cdiaz-2]

u can add that angular plan in the model instead of the assembly. u can also create a transform csys in the model and assemble it via the csys constraint in the assembly. both options keep u from adding additions features to the aseembly.

[ptc-2602249]

We're using WF 4 M100

[ptc-2602249]

The rectangular piece I'm adding is a mount for a hose clamp. The part is used in hundreds of ways in an assembly and I don't want to create planes in the part to every angle that the part could be installed in just to locate the part in various assemblies.

[cdiaz-2]

then i'd go with the transform csys and name the csys per the assembly its in, or per the assembly its in plus the location if u cant use standard constraints to lock it down.

[DavidButz]

Another suggestion. I've had to do this on a few occasions because the Edge-on-Surface Constraint is not general enough to allow the use of an Axis in the Component. It's a little screwy, but here goes: create a small flat surface (which you can permanently hide) with one of its edges along the axis you want to use, then use that edge for the Edge-on-Surface constraint.

[JonathanHodgson]

I'm pretty sure that WF4 can do a plane angle offset assembly constraint. Try picking two planes as the constraint, then looking for the angle offset option... I think this was introduced around WF3, or maybe a bit earlier - either way it was long overdue!

[eric.mills]

You can use angle offset in the assembly constraints, but you must use an axis or other item that would be a rotation axis before Pro-E will give the angle offset on the planes as available for a constraint.

[ptc-2602249]

The blue rectangle part with the 2 holes is the component that I want to constrain. I don't want to create additional features in the tree to locate this part. I'm hoping this constraint feature was added to a newer build version or WF5. We already need to upgrade away from WF4 M100 because of the slow measure time.

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sorry about the large pic. should have previewed. Where is the edit/delete post tab?