Is it possible to have a mate reference for a part that isn't physically attached to the part itself? What I would like to do is have a sketch in a part that I could use to position (mate) the part into an assembly. Example: I have a plate with (2) holes in it that show up about (30) places in my top level assembly, the customer now wants a gusset plate welded to it between the (2) holes. In the gusset part itself I made a sketch of the plate with the (2) holes, my thought was making a mate reference using that sketch of the hole(s) so I could then drag the part from the feature pallette and mate it "automatically" in the assembly. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Brian Harris Cobey Inc.