How do you mate a slot with a hole in Solidworks?

How do you create a mating part in SolidWorks?

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 . You can temporarily hide faces to select an obscured face by hovering over a face and pressing Alt.

Can you mate a slot to a slot using the slot mate?

You can mate bolts to straight or arced slots and you can mate slots to slots. You can select an axis, cylindrical face, or a slot to create slot mates.

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Slot Mates.

How do you make a mechanical mate in SolidWorks?

To set up the mate, you simply need to select a linear edge or line on the rack component, and then a cylindrical face or circular edge on the pinion component. The mate will then relate the motion based on either the pinion pitch diameter or the rack travel distance.

How do you add a hinge mate in SolidWorks?

To add a hinge mate:

1. Click Mate (Assembly toolbar) or Insert > Mate.
2. In the PropertyManager, on the Mechanical tab, click Hinge .
3. Under Mate Selections, make selections and specify options: Concentric Selections . Select two entities. …
4. Click . Hinge appears in the Mates folder in the FeatureManager design tree.

How do you make a slot mate?

To create a slot mate: Click Mate (Assembly toolbar) or Insert > Mate. In the PropertyManager, expand Mechanical Mates and select Slot .

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For Mate Selections, select a slot face and the feature to mate to it:

1. The face of another straight or angular slot.
2. An axis.
3. A cylindrical face.

How do you mate temporary axis in SolidWorks?

To mate an axis with a cylindrical face in an assembly:

1. Select an axis and a cylindrical face or circular edge. To display temporary axes, expand Hide/Show Items (Heads-up View toolbar) and click View Temporary Axes .
2. Click Mate (Assembly toolbar) or Insert > Mate. …
3. Complete the mate and click .

How do you use symmetry mate in SolidWorks?

To add a symmetry mate:

1. Click Mate (Assembly toolbar) or Insert > Mate.
2. Under Advanced Mates, click Symmetric .
3. Under Mate Selections: Select the plane for Symmetry Plane. Click in Entities to Mate and then select the two entities to be symmetric.
4. Click .

What is a coincident mate in SolidWorks?

The coincident mate refers to bring two planar surfaces flush or aligned with each other or a surface, edge, or vertex in contact with each other. See SolidWorks Help: Coincident Mate. Concentric mates allow you to align the axis of a curved or cylindrical face with the axis of another.