How do you mate in Solidworks 2018?
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To add a mate:
- Click Mate (Assembly toolbar), or click Insert > Mate.
- In the PropertyManager, under Mate Selections, select the entities that you want to mate together for Entities to Mate .
- Click to close the PropertyManager, or click before you click to create a new mate.
Herein, how do you mate in Solidworks 2019?
Add a mate by clicking Mate (Assembly toolbar), or Insert > Mate. Edit a mate by expanding the Mates folder in the FeatureManager design tree. Right-click one or more mates, and select Edit Feature.
One may also ask, what is a coincident mate?
Coincident Mate: A coincident mate, like the name sounds, is a mate between two features that you want to coincide with each other. Generally we use it for making two planes parallel and coincident.
Mates. Mates create geometric relationships between assembly components. As you add mates, you define the allowable directions of linear or rotational motion of the components. You can move a component within its degrees of freedom, visualizing the assembly's behavior.