You just need a mate connector wherever you want the part to slide. You can add additional mate connectors (other than the auto generated ones that show up in assemblies) in a part studio which allows you to place mate connectors on sketches, which should give you more options. you can do this using the "mate connector" tool.
We'd be happy to help! The common thing to do when you want to stop your slider mate from reaching a certain point is to enable the "Limits" option when editing your mate connector, then setting the minimum and maximum ranges that they can reach. However, if you had more than one object on a slider that could potentially intersect and you are trying to avoid them fusing as you asked, you could potentially look into using linear relations to further describe your mate connectors. We tested having two objects on a slider path with a linear relation ratio of only one and got a desired outcome. It may take some tweaking, but I hope that helps!
Very good explanation of slider mate and limits. Thanks!
Is there a way to use the slider mate when a face is rounded? It doesnt give the option to click it since its not a flat face
You just need a mate connector wherever you want the part to slide. You can add additional mate connectors (other than the auto generated ones that show up in assemblies) in a part studio which allows you to place mate connectors on sketches, which should give you more options. you can do this using the "mate connector" tool.
@@nathanforrer9014 I'll try that out, thank you
what if i have 2 objects on the same base and i dont want them to fuse into each other while sliding?
We'd be happy to help! The common thing to do when you want to stop your slider mate from reaching a certain point is to enable the "Limits" option when editing your mate connector, then setting the minimum and maximum ranges that they can reach. However, if you had more than one object on a slider that could potentially intersect and you are trying to avoid them fusing as you asked, you could potentially look into using linear relations to further describe your mate connectors. We tested having two objects on a slider path with a linear relation ratio of only one and got a desired outcome. It may take some tweaking, but I hope that helps!