It requires you to select two faces on each of two separate parts, and centers the two faces of one part midway between the two faces of the other.īuilding this intelligence into that condition allows the parts to stay centered in the assembly, even when the dimensions of parts change. The Symmetric Mate makes two entities symmetric across a plane or face (like a 3D version of the Sketch Relation). The Profile Center Mate aligns two parts based on their geometric centers but is limited to parts with simple planar shapes.

These often do the job of multiple basic mates but have more complicated effects. Listed below these Standard Mates are Advanced Mates. However, you can flip the Mate alignment by toggling the Align and Anti-Align buttons. The orientation closest to the current Part placement will be chosen by default. Most Mate conditions (e.g., Coincident ) result in two possible part orientations: Aligned or Anti-aligned. Depending on what was selected, the popup allows you to change the Mate type, enter a distance or angle, flip the Mate alignment, undo, or finish the Mate. When a Mate is formed, a dialog pops up near the cursor providing several options. There are several different types of Standard Mates in SOLIDWORKS:Īlmost all of these are 3D versions of the same geometric constraints used in sketch relations. The paper clip (shown below) is the standard SOLIDWORKS symbol for mates any time you see it, you're dealing with mates. Each Mate requires you to select two (or more) faces, edges, or vertices on separate parts to build a constraint holding those parts together.Īccess the Mate dialog by clicking the Mate button in the assembly tab of the CommandManager. Like relations in sketches, they are geometric conditions relating one entity to another. Mates are constraints that hold components together in SOLIDWORKS assemblies.

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