What is the purpose of the cylindrical mate in Onshape?

What is the purpose of a mate connector in an assembly?

Mate connectors are local coordinate system entities located on or between parts or surfaces and used within a mate to locate and orient part or surface instances with respect to each other. You can also use mate connectors to create planes.

What is a mate connector Onshape?

Mate Connectors are unique to the Onshape platform and provide utility for more than assemblies. When it comes to sketching your part designs, using a Mate Connector as the sketch plane can provide a few advantages that may not be immediately apparent.

What does a Revolute mate do?

Revolute Mates are able to offset the entities along the Z axis only. To create an offset between the two entities, click Offset and specify a distance. Offset distances are visualized in the graphics area as dashed lines between the Mates, displaying the value and the axis.

How do you show all mate connectors Onshape?

And don’t forget the keyboard shortcut “K” (shows / hides all MCs) and “J” (shows / hides all mates). You can pretty quickly cycle through the visibility states for Mate Connectors, select the one you want, then hide them again.

How many degrees of freedom does a fasten mate have?

You only need to use one Mate to define the degrees of freedom between two entities.

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Mates in Onshape & their Types [2020]