// Suppresses limit mates to make it easier to find the free degree of freedom in a joint
public List<Mate2> suppressLimitMates(IComponent2 component)
{
ModelDoc2 modelDoc = component.GetModelDoc2();
List<Mate2> limitMates = new List<Mate2>();
object[] objs = component.GetMates();
//limit mates aren't always present
if (objs != null)
{
foreach (object obj in objs)
{
if (obj is Mate2)
{
Mate2 swMate = (Mate2)obj;
if (swMate.MinimumVariation != swMate.MaximumVariation)
{
limitMates.Add(swMate);
}
}
}
}
foreach (Mate2 swMate in limitMates)
{
ModelDoc2 doc = component.GetModelDoc2();
Feature feat = (Feature)swMate;
feat.Select(false);
feat.SetSuppression2((int)swFeatureSuppressionAction_e.swSuppressFeature, (int)swInConfigurationOpts_e.swThisConfiguration, null);
}
return limitMates;
}