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The spot weld joint for the yellow component is out-of-date. Let's update it and redefine the mating face.

Update spot welds and mating faces

1. Update the spot welds:

   1. Find the spot weld joint with a warning icon in the Structure treeDisplay in the Structure panel that shows you each of the objects in your design. You can expand or collapse the nodes of the tree to view the objects. You can rename objects, create, modify, replace, and delete objects, as well as work with components.:

       

      

       

   2. Right-click the spot weld joint and select Detect Mating Faces.

       

      

       

      The spot weld has detected all parallel faces within the search range. The search range is found in the Properties panelArea of the user interface that displays editable details about the selected object(s). This panel is initially displayed on the lower left side of the screen, but can be moved. when you select the spot weld joint in the Structure tree.

       

2. We only want the bottom face on the bottom part defined as the mating face, so let's change it:

   1. Click Spot Weld in the Define group on the Prepare tab.

   2. Select the second spot weld in the Structure tree.

      Now we can edit this spot weld joint.

   3. Click the Select mating faces tool guide. This tool guide allows us to choose the mating face, rather than accepting the mating face that is selected automatically.

   4. RotateDesign: Using the Rotate tool to spin a design 90 degrees in the plane of the screen. You can rotate your design clockwise or counterclockwise. Object: Using the MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. handle to spin an object around an axis. the design and select the lower face of the lowest part in the pattern, like this: