Applying the coincident mate

To apply the coincident mate to our assembly, follow these steps:

  1. To apply mates, select the Mate command, which can be found under the Assembly command, as shown in the following screenshot:
  1. After selecting Mate, we will see the following window. The layout is very similar to all the other features we've used with PropertyManager—it's on the left-hand side of the screen. At this point, we will be asked to select which elements we want to mate. This can include surfaces, edges, and points. For this selection, we'll select the top surfaces of the base and the triangle, as shown in the following image. These ...

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