mating planes

Someone help me plese. Excuse my Englis.
I am treying to learn Solidworks planes, not eazy. Will someone plese
explain to me what means to mate two planes together and why is this
needed first of all. I no about drawing on planes and what this meens,
but not why to mate two planes for the reeson.
I am sorry about my languge skils. There is no grouops in my country
to help. Plese help me if you can.
Marcos Fontopolous

 

I have never mated two plates together, as I didn't think about trying
it, since I would just rather use one plane rather than two mated
together (if possible).

Mostly I make one plane offset a specific distance from another plane,
and that is what I have seen most often in other user's models.

Bo

 

where have you come across the 'mate two planes together'? in the help
notes?

 

It sounds like you first need to learn the difference between parts,
drawings, and assemblies.

 

My partner in crime was told to mate the two planes together, two parts in
an assembly, by our VAR.
It caused huge problems, so the quick answer is don't EVER mate two planes
together ever!

 

Generally, my experience is that if you can use the planes for mating, life
is better. As a general rule, I build symmetry into my parts such that the
system planes mean something and are usable. You may not end up using a
particular plane, but you would be surprised how often I see someone start a
rectangular sketch in the corner, and then come back later and put in 2
extra planes at the midpoints of the edges. :-{

So, I think the answer you are looking for is that you can, and should, for
the most part, mate two planes together when trying to position parts in an
assy.

WT

 

Thanks for the replies, The assembly was sent to our VAR who also forwarded
to SW and both came to the same conclusion on "our" particular assembly that
"plane mates" were the cause of the errors.
So we now work with no plane mates.

Each man, woman or child to his own, lol