Skip to Main Content
Mastering SolidWorks
book

Mastering SolidWorks

by Matt Lombard
November 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1248 pages
39h 29m
English
Sybex
Content preview from Mastering SolidWorks

Chapter 14Getting More from Mates

Mates provide the glue that holds SolidWorks assemblies together. When properly handled, mates enable your assembly to react predictably to changes in parts in exactly the same way that sketch relations drive changes in part features. As a result, mates and sketch relations often have the same function and even the same weaknesses.

This chapter goes one step further with mates, by not simply putting parts together with Coincident and Concentric mates, but also mating parts when real-life situations such as tolerances, gaps, and symmetry become issues. You will also learn about the more advanced mate types that may be useful for special situations.

One of the assumptions made in this chapter is that assembly ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Hands-On SolidWorks

Hands-On SolidWorks

Mohammad Zgoul
CATIA V5

CATIA V5

Dieter Ziethen

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781119300571Purchase book