Assembly CreateJointDistance

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Assembly CreateJointDistance

Menu location
Assembly → Create Distance Joint
Workbenches
Assembly
Default shortcut
D
Introduced in version
1.0
See also
None

Description

The Assembly CreateJointDistance tool creates a Distance joint between two selected parts, fixing the distance between both parts.

Usage

  1. Optionally select two geometric entities of two different shapes. (other numbers will result in an empty selection)
  2. There are several ways to invoke the command:
    • Press the Create Distance Joint button.
    • Select the Assembly → Create Distance Joint option from the menu.
    • Use the keyboard shortcut: D.
  3. The Create Joint dialog opens in the Task panel listing preselected entities.
  4. For further steps see Assembly_CreateJointFixed.

Properties

See also: Property editor.

A Distance object is derived from a ??? object and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties:

Data

Base

Joint

  • DataActivated (Bool): This indicates if the joint is active.

Joint Connector 1

  • DataDetach1 (Bool): This prevents placement1 from recomputing, enabling custom positioning of the placement.

Joint Connector 2

  • DataDetach1 (Bool): This prevents placement2 from recomputing, enabling custom positioning of the placement.

View

Base

Display Options

Selection