What does cylindrical mate do in Onshape?

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.

What does a planar mate do in Onshape?

Mate two entities allowing translational movement along the X axis and the Y axis, and rotational movement about the Z axis (Ty, Tx, Rz). Mate two entities allowing translational movement along the X axis and the Y axis, and rotational movement about the Z axis (Ty, Tx, Rz).

How do you mate edges in Onshape?

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1. Click .
2. Select a face, edge, or vertex of one entity. In this instance, a face of the box is selected.
3. With focus in the second field in the Mate dialog, select a face, edge, or vertex of the second entity.

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.

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]