This creates a mate or flush assembly constraint between two Inventor components, where a component can be a part or an assembly. If two planar entities are constrained, mate solution will position the components so that the entities' normal vectors will point in opposite directions. Flush solution results in the normal vectors pointing in the same direction. With a mate constraint one can also specify curves, edges, and points as entities. In situations where mate constraints can lead to multiple (typically two) solutions, unambiguous results can be forced by specifying initial positions for one or both constrained items.
IvMateConstraintModifier
IvConstraintMixin
BaseInventorMixin
Basepart
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| part1 | part | Part or assembly for the first item. However, if the first item is an assembly work feature of the parent assembly, part1 must be set to that. In this case you do not supply entity1 or imate1. |
| entity1 | string | Name of the first item (face, edge, etc.). |
| iMate1 | string | Name of an iMate that may be supplied for first item instead of entity1. |
| inferredType1 | string | This causes the entity type of entity1 to be interpreted in a specific way. Valid choices are InferredLine, InferredPoint, NoInferrence (the default). |
| part2 | part | Part or assembly for the second item. However, if the second item is an assembly work feature of the parent assembly, part2 must be set to that. In this case you do not supply entity2 or imate2. |
| entity2 | string | Name of the second item (face, edge, etc.). |
| iMate2 | string | Name of an iMate that may be supplied for second item instead of entity2. You cannot specify both iMate1 and iMate2. |
| inferredType2 | string | This causes the entity type of entity2 to be interpreted in a specific way. Valid choices are InferredLine, InferredPoint, NoInferrence (the default). |
| componentName | string | Name of constraint displayed in Inventor browser. |
| offset | number | Offset distance between the planar entities. |
| solution | name | Choices are Mate or Flush. |
| suppressed? | boolean | Should constraint be suppressed? |
| solutionFrame1 | frame | When multiple solutions are possible, consistent results can be obtained by using an initial position specified through solutionFrame1. |
| solutionPoint1 | point | When multiple solutions are possible, consistent results can be obtained by using an initial position specified through solutionPoint1 or the three inputs solutionPoint1, solutionXDirection1 and solutionYDirection1. |
| solutionXDirection1 | vector | When multiple solutions are possible, consistent results can be obtained by using an initial position specified through solutionPoint1, solutionXDirection1 and solutionYDirection1. |
| solutionYDirection1 | vector | When multiple solutions are possible, consistent results can be obtained by using an initial position specified through solutionPoint1, solutionXDirection1 and solutionYDirection1. |
| solutionFrame2 | frame | When multiple solutions are possible, consistent results can be obtained by using an initial position specified through solutionFrame2. |
| solutionPoint2 | point | When multiple solutions are possible, consistent results can be obtained by using an initial position specified through solutionPoint2 or the three inputs solutionPoint2, solutionXDirection2 and solutionYDirection2. |
| solutionXDirection2 | vector | When multiple solutions are possible, consistent results can be obtained by using an initial position specified through solutionPoint2, solutionXDirection2 and solutionYDirection2. |
| solutionYDirection2 | vector | When multiple solutions are possible, consistent results can be obtained by using an initial position specified through solutionPoint2, solutionXDirection2 and solutionYDirection2. |