Screw Mate
A Screw
mate constrains two components to be concentric, and also adds a pitch
relationship between the rotation of one component and the translation
of the other. Translation of one component along the axis causes rotation
of the other component according to the pitch relationship. Likewise,
rotation of one component causes translation of the other component.
Similar to other mate types, screw mates do
not prevent interference or collisions between components. To prevent
interference, use Collision
Detection or Interference
Detection.
To add a screw mate:
Click Mate
(Assembly toolbar) or Insert,
Mate.
In the PropertyManager,
under Mechanical Mates, click
Screw .
Under Mate Selections,
select the rotation axes on the two components for Entities
to Mate .
Under Mechanical
Mates:
Revolutions/<length_unit>. Sets the number of
revolutions of one component for each length unit the other component
translates. (See Units
Options to set the document's unit of length.)
Distance/revolution.
Sets the distance that one component translates for each revolution of
the other component.
Click .