Adding Mates
Mates create geometric relationships between assembly components. As you add mates, you define the allowable directions of linear or rotational motion of the components. You can move a component within its degrees of freedom, visualizing the assembly's behavior.
To add a mate:
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Click Mate 
(Assembly toolbar), or click Insert, Mate.
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In the
PropertyManager
, under Mate Selections, select the entities that you want to mate together for Entities to Mate 
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The Mate pop-up toolbar appears with a default mate selected, and the components move into place to preview the mate.
The preceding occurs if you select Show pop-up toolbar and Show preview under Options in the PropertyManager.
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Click Add/Finish Mate 
or select a different mate type.
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Click 
to close the PropertyManager.
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If the new mate conflicts with an existing mate, the software asks if you want to force the new mate to solve. Click:
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Yes. The new mate is solved and a conflicting mate breaks and is shown with a red error.
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No. The new mate is created but not solved, and is shown with a red error.
You can use mate callouts, View Mate Errors, and MateXpert to help resolve mating problems.
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