Connect Component : Tangent

Access: Open this function from one of the following locations:

Create connections between components by defining constraints.

Position the selected components so that one component is tangent to the other (at least one entity must be a cylindrical surface).

Required Step 1

  1. Pick the component entities to be connected.

  2. Pick two points, edges, faces, planes, axes or UCSs and then <exit><exit>(middle mouse button). If you select a second entity from the same component, your second selection will replace the first. The first selected entity moves towards the second selected entity.

Example

Face selected

Edge selected

Notes:

  • A connect relation will not be created between two components of the same sub-assembly when the assembly is active.

  • A connect relation will not be created if none of the selected components belongs to the active assembly.

Required Step 2

  1. Set the connection options by defining constraints. These constraints involve Connect Relations (Angle, Coincident, Concentric, Distance, Parallel, Perpendicular and Tangent) and Alignments (Align and Anti-Align).

  2. The constraints that are available (and the selected default) depend on the types of geometry selected for the connect operation. For example, the Concentric constraint is not available for face to face connects and, of the available options, the Coincident constraint is automatically selected, by default.

    For example, depending on the types of geometry selected, the following constraints may be displayed:

    Face to Edge

    Edge to Edge

    Face to Face

    Edge to Face

  3. To define the connection, click the Tangent buttonTangent button.

    Example

    Tangent

    See Options and Results for the optional steps. These are only available when positioning a component specific UCS (User Coordinate System) to another component specific UCS, or a face or plane or cone face.

  4. Click  in the Feature Guide to preview the result.

  5. Click OKOK or ApplyApply in the Feature Guide to complete the function.

 

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