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Assembly Modeling

SmartMates

SmartMates are a quick and easy way to add basic mate types between

components simply by dragging parts or assemblies onto each other using flat,

cylindrical or conical faces, circular or linear edges, vertices, or temporary axes.

To add SmartMates we need to hold down the "Ait" key while we drag a face, edge

or vertex of the component to be mated onto the face, edge or vertex of the other

component.

We'll re-create the entire assembly up to this point using the SmartMates

approach, now that the concept of mates has been explained and we have a better

understanding of the process. The next table shows the types of SmartMates

available and their corresponding feedback icon.

When SmartMates is enabled the icon will change to a clip

attached to the face, edge, or vertex being dragged and the

component being dragged will become transparent.

Entities to be mated/
Resulting Mate
Feedback icon

2 Flat Faces Coincident Faces

2 Linear Edges Coincident Edges

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