SW2004 mates (double)

In working with 2004, I have found what appears to be a quicker way to deal
with the now always on "defer mates." Once you have the 2 faces, etc
selected for the mate, click the check mark on the floater box, and then
reach over with the left hand (assuming RH mouse operation) and hit the
<ENTER> key. Most of the time SW has the sense to interpret the keystroke
after it accepts the ok from the mouse click. If you have several mates to
put in, select the items, click on the check mark floater, and after the
last one, hit the <ENTER> key. This is faster as you don't have to wait for
the first acceptance to complete and then click again.

WT

 

Thanks for the Tip!

However, for those of you who really feel that the 2004 mating process
is still
slower, I can't stress this other tip enough. Assign mates to hot
keys and I can't tell you how much time you will save.

For example, the mates I use the most are coincident, concentric, and
distance.
So, I assign F1, F2, and F3 these mates respectively. Then if I want
two selected faces to be coincident, I just hit F1 and then the mate
is assigned instantly. Once you learn to use these hot keys, I
gaurantee you will never want to use that mating dialog box.

Don

 

Otherwise use the alt key....pick a face... press alt key..drag it to another face and if it's a valid refence mate it will click in.

Krister L

 

Sorry ..guess I'm maybe a bit spoiled, but I use the space mouse for that, at least on the desktop machine

Krister L