Example: Mates to Dangling Geometry
When you change the geometry of a component so that the mate can no longer be satisfied, the mate becomes dangling.
Example
A concentric mate exists between the shaft and the small diameter on the cap. Later, you add a fillet to the cap, eliminating the small cylindrical face. The concentric mate to that face can no longer be solved.
| Concentric Mate | Dangling Concentric Mate |
How MateXpert helps
When you click Diagnose in MateXpert, the mate and the missing geometry are listed.
How you can fix the problem
- Delete the mate.
- Edit the mate to include different entities.
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Use Replace Mate Entities
to select a different entity (such as the larger cylindrical face in the example above).