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Fundamentals of Assembly Modeling Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS® 2018

I GUIDE-ROD Assembly - Insert Mates for Flange Bolts

Insert a Slot mate for the first flange bolt. You can mate bolts to straight or arced slots and you can

mate slots to slots. Select an axis, cylindrical face or slot to create a slot

mate. Mechanical Mates

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157) Click the Mate ~ Assembly tool. The Mate PropertyManager is

displayed. I & ! slot

Constraint:

158) Pin the Mate PropertyManager. Click the Keep Visible icon.

I [ffl I C~~ter in Slot

159) Expand the Mechanical Mates section. ~ Distance Along Slot

~ Percent Along Slot

160) Select Slot & for mate type.

161) Select Center in Slot from the

Constraint drop-down menu. This

option centers the component in the

slot. For Mate Selections, select a

slot face and the feature to mate.

162) Click the cylindrical face of the first

Flange bolt as illustrated.

163) Click the inside face of the first slot ~1~ 1~1$ 1

as illustrated. View the results. Slot1

~ Slot1
is created.
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164) Click OK ~ from the Slot ~ Mates I If> Analysis I

PropertyManager.

Mate Selections

Create a Coincident mate between the

first Flange bolt head and the right slot

cut top face.

165) Click the right slot cut top

face as illustrated.

166) Rotate the model to view the bottom

face of the first flange bolt as

illustrated.

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