Symmetry Mate
A symmetry mate forces two similar entities to be symmetric about a
plane or planar face of a component or a plane of the assembly. The following
entities are allowed in symmetry mates:
Points such as vertices or sketch points
Lines such as edges, axes, or sketch lines
Planes or planar faces
Spheres of equal radii
Cylinders of equal radii
Please note the following items about symmetry mates:
In the illustration, the two highlighted faces
are symmetric about the highlighted plane. Notice the two components are
upside down with respect to one another. That is because the highlighted
faces only are symmetric, not all of the faces of both components. |
![](../art/Symmetry1.gif)
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To add a symmetry mate:
Click Mate
on the Assembly toolbar, or click Insert,
Mate.
Under Advanced Mates, click Symmetric
.
Under Mate Selections:
Select
the plane for Symmetry Plane.
Click
in Entities to Mate
and then select the two entities to be symmetric.
Click
.