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Editing Assemblies | 439
To delete an assembly constraint
1 In the Desktop Browser, click the plus sign on PLIERB_1 to expand the hier-
archy. Select the Assembly filter at the bottom of the Browser to filter out all
information except the assembly constraints.
2 In the Browser, click the plus sign on HEXBOLT_1 to expand the hierarchy.
Right-click the Mate ln/ln constraint of HEXBOLT_1
, and choose Delete.
3 Delete the Mate pl/pl constraints of HEXBOLT_1.
4 Delete constraints for PLIERB, PLIERT, and HEXNUT.
5 Use
MOVE to separate the parts to apply the new constraints.
Context Menu In the graphics area, right-click and choose 2D Sketching
Move.
Next, you apply new assembly constraints. You use an insert constraint to
align HEXBOLT to the new hole along their axes while mating the face of
PLIERT and the corresponding face of the bolt head.
Use the DOF symbol to illustrate how many rigid body degrees of freedom
are eliminated for each part.