How do you add smart mates in Solidworks?

How do I add smart mates?

SmartMates Procedures



Press Alt and drag one component onto another. Mate a new component while adding it to the assembly. Drag a part from another window onto another part in the assembly.

How do you add magnetic mates?

To enable magnetic mates, click Tools > Magnetic Mate ON/OFF .

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Example – Magnetic Mates

1. Create a ground plane (floor).
2. Add a connection point to the first (straight) train track.
3. Add a connection point to the second (curved) train track.
4. Insert the tracks into the assembly and use magnetic mates to attach them.

How do you add angle mates in SOLIDWORKS?

Click Mate (Assembly toolbar) or Insert > Mate. In the Mate PropertyManager, for Entities to Mate , select two entities in the graphics area or the flyout FeatureManager design tree. Under Standard Mates, click Angle and set the dimension.

How do you show all mates in SOLIDWORKS?

Hold down Ctrl, click the components, and then right-click. Right-click the subassembly in the FeatureManager design tree. The View Mates window displays a list of mates for the selected components.

How do you fast mate in Solidworks?

To activate the Quick Mates functionality, click Tools > Customize. On the Toolbars tab, under Context toolbar, select Show quick mates. The Quick Mates context toolbar appears when you Ctrl + select mate entities. For model geometry (such as faces, edges, and vertices), you select in the graphics area.

How are SmartMates used?

When the references are added to an assembly, the mates are automatically created. SmartMates are used when these mates need to be created after the component is placed within the assembly, or when there are some assembly components not often reused or inserted in assemblies.

How do you create an angle in SolidWorks?

Angular Dimensions Between Two Lines

1. In an open sketch, click Smart Dimension (Dimensions/Relations toolbar) or Tools, Dimensions, Smart.
2. Click one line.
3. Click the second line.
4. Move the pointer to show the angular dimension preview.
5. Set the value in the Modify box and click .
6. Click to place the dimension.

Do assemblies have reference planes?

Reference planes exist in the Part, Sheet Metal and Assembly environments. You can use both part and assembly reference planes to position parts in an assembly. To make the assembly display more cleanly, reference planes for parts and subassemblies are displayed only when you place and edit them.

Do assemblies have reference planes in Onshape?

@james_close We do not allow planes in the Assembly however you can use mate connectors which can be added to the assembly origin. Hi, Thanks for the comment. You allow Parts, Sketches and Surfaces defined in a Part Studio to be Inserted to an Assembly.

Which mate allows the most degrees of freedom?

In Onshape there is just one Mate between any two parts, and therefore the movement (degrees of freedom) between those two parts embedded within the Mate.

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