What's New:
2023
Displays default properties for iMates and allows some to be edited.
- Access
- In the browser or the graphics window, right-click an iMate symbol and select Properties.
- Name
- Shows the iMate name. If a name was specified when the iMate was created, it is shown; otherwise, the default name is shown. Optionally, you can enter a new name.
Tip: Choose a name to describe the iMate function or other needed characteristic.
- Suppress
- Select the check box to suppress the iMate.
- Type
- Shows the constraint type.
- Solution
- Shows the solution, where more than one is possible for a constraint. For example, a mate constraint can be either Mate or Flush.
- Offset
- Shows the offset value, if applicable.
- Index
- Shows the order the iMates are listed in the browser. When the component is added to an assembly, iMates are solved in the order shown. Change the index number to reorder the iMates, as needed.
- Maximum
- Shows the maximum limit value if applicable.
- Minimum
- Shows the minimum limit value if applicable.
- iPart Identifier
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A unique sequential name assigned when the iMate is created. If the part is an iPart or iAssembly, the iMate is listed in the iPart or iAssembly table.
In the table, the number cannot be edited but can be combined with a custom name. For example, if you give an iMate a custom name when created or edited in the part browser (FaceMate), the iPart names it FaceMate:iM001. The iMate name assigned by the iPart is listed in the browser when the iPart is used.
- Matching List
- Shows the names used to match iMates when the component is placed. The top name in the matching list is the first priority for matching to another iMate.
Optionally, uses Add Name to List to create new names to build a matching list. Click Delete to remove a name from the list, or use the Up and Down arrows to change the name order.
Note: When placing a component in an assembly, and matching an iMate, priority is given to a match with another iMate named in the matching list. Priority is dependent on the order of the names in the list.