SW 2022 width quick mate with 2 planes and a cylinder

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SW 2022 width quick mate with 2 planes and a cylinder

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So, I notice that width quick mates aren't working in SW 2022 (sp4).

Here is my process:
CTRL select the 2 planar surfaces that I want to center the cylinder on.
CTRL select the cylinder.
The width quick mate appears:
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I select it and the the confirmation box appears:
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Hitting the green check does NOT create a mate....nor does it move any components into place. It simply does nothing. No matter what button I push on the confirmation, nothing happens..... grumph grumph grumph

The workaround is to go the old fashioned way and select the mate command, select the width mate and then select the 3 items. That works...

But the quick mate doesn't.

Can anyone else confirm this with SW 2022?
by jhodges » Thu Dec 08, 2022 2:23 pm
I tested it in Sw2022 sp5. it worked. maybe that fixed it in sp5.
i did the same as you did and did it in both directions. mated a round block on top of a square block.
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Re: SW 2022 width quick mate with 2 planes and a cylinder

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I tested it in Sw2022 sp5. it worked. maybe that fixed it in sp5.
i did the same as you did and did it in both directions. mated a round block on top of a square block.
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Re: SW 2022 width quick mate with 2 planes and a cylinder

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Dan,

I rarely use the Width mate, but I just tested (SW2022 sp 4.0), and got the same results you did.

Has the Width mate worked for Quick Mates in previous versions?
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Re: SW 2022 width quick mate with 2 planes and a cylinder

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Glenn Schroeder wrote: Thu Dec 08, 2022 3:47 pm Dan,

I rarely use the Width mate, but I just tested (SW2022 sp 4.0), and got the same results you did.

Has the Width mate worked for Quick Mates in previous versions?
Yes, the width quick mate between a cylinder and 2 planar surfaces has always worked....even in SW 2018.

So it got broke. Although it looks like it is fixed in SW 2022 sp5
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Re: SW 2022 width quick mate with 2 planes and a cylinder

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jhodges wrote: Thu Dec 08, 2022 2:23 pm I tested it in Sw2022 sp5. it worked. maybe that fixed it in sp5.
i did the same as you did and did it in both directions. mated a round block on top of a square block.
Thank you for the confirmation.
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