mate question?

2004 introduced a limit mate.
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Dale Dunn
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I have a part that pivots on a axle with a concentric mate. It is also mated to a surface perpendicular to the axis of the axle. How do I limit the travel between two surfaces it contacts as it pivots. I guess I'm looking for a mate that would allow me to pick the two surfaces it contacts as the 'limit'? Is there such a thing or do I have to know the angles involved? Thanks for your help.

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Not Necessarily Me

I used a limitdistance mate and picked one surface on the movable part and the surface that it stops against. This works okay but I can't seem to get the other end of the travel to work right. Would this be another limitdistance mate or do I assign a distance value to the previous mate mentioned and keep adjusting until it looks right? Am I making any sense at all? I get mate errors when I try to add another limitdistance mate. Please explain?

thanks Jeff

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Not Necessarily Me

The limit mates were pretty sensitive in 04 (haven't used them since). They're pretty easy to over define. Another limit mate would definitely do it. A limit mate should be able to specify both ends of a range of motion. I remember that for sure. IIRC you specify a nominal position, and upper and lower limits from there. I really don't remember much more, and I can't experiment right now.

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Dale Dunn

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