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Tangent Mate

You can add tangent mates between the combinations shown below:

	Cam	Cone	Cylinder	Extrusion	Line	Plane	Sphere	Surface
Cam			l			l
Cone				l		l	l
Cylinder	l		l	l	l	l	l	l
Extrusion1			l			l
Line			l				l
Plane	l	l	l	l			l	l
Sphere		l	l		l	l	l
Surface			l			l

1 Extrusion refers to a single face of an extruded solid or surface feature. Extrusions with draft are not allowed.

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