Examples

Direct Conflicts

1. Add a Coincident mate between the bottom faces of two parts.

2. Add a Perpendicular mate between the same bottom faces.

• A conflict occurs because the same two faces cannot be both coincident and perpendicular:

Indirect Conflicts

1. Add a Coincident mate between the bottom faces of Part 1 and Part 2.

2. Add a Coincident mate between the bottom faces of Part 2 and Part 3.

3. Add a Perpendicular mate between the bottom faces of Part 1 and Part 3.

• A conflict occurs because the first two mates make the three bottom faces parallel or coincident. The third mate then requires Part 1 and Part 3 to be perpendicular, which contradicts the existing mate conditions.