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Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS® 2018 Swept, Lofted and Additional Features

Insert a Distance mate.

820) Click the Mate ~ Assembly tool. The Mate

PropertyManager is displayed.

821) Click the Shell1 back inside face of the

LENSCAP as illustrated.

822) Click Front Plane of the 0-RING in the fly-out

FeatureManager.

Shell1 of LENSCAP<1 >

823) Click Distance.

824) Enter .125/2in, [3.175/2mm].

825) Click OK ~ from the Distance Mate l~llock

Distance
PropertyManager. .125/2inl

. · dimension
826) Click OK ~ from the Mate PropertyManager. D,stance

*)_ 0. 0 eg

Mate alignment:
Display an Isometric view. View the created mates.

827) Click Isometric view ~ from the Heads-up

View toolbar.

~ ~ (f) LENSCAP< 1 > (Default< <Default> _Display
828) Expand the Mates folder. View the created

~ ~ O-RING<1 > (Default<<Default >_Display Sta
mates.

~ ~ (-) LENSANDBULB <1 > (Default<Display Stat,

@@ Mates
Save the model.

/\ Coincident1 (LENSCAP<1 >,0 -RING <1>)
829) Click Save · lra. /\ Coincident2 (LENSCAP<1>,0 -RING<1>)

H Distance1 (LENSCAP<1 >,0-RING <1 >)
How is the Distance mate, .0625in, [1.588]

calculated? Answer:

0-RING Radius (.1250in/2) = .0625in.

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the Heads-up View toolbar to locate internal

geometry for mating and verify position of

components.

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-;Q~ Build flexibility into the mate. A

Distance mate offers additional flexibility

over a Coincident mate. You can modify the

value of a Distance mate.

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