Profile Center Mate

Mate to Center automatically center-aligns common component types such as rectangular and circular profiles to each other and fully defines the components.

1. Open install_dir\samples\whatsnew\assemblies\profile_center_mate\profile_center.sldasm.
2. Click Mate (Assembly toolbar) or Insert > Mate.
3. In the PropertyManager, under Advanced Mates, click Profile Center .
4. For Entities to Mate, select the faces shown.
   
   

   The components align.
   
   

5. In Mate alignment, click Anti-Aligned .
   
   
6. To rotate the component, in Orientation, click Clockwise .
   
   
7. Click .

   The PropertyManager remains open.

8. Under Advanced Mates, click Profile Center .
9. For Entities to Mate, select the faces shown.
   
   

   The components align.
   
   

10. In Offset Distance, type 2.5 and select Flip dimension.
    
    
11. In the PropertyManager, select Lock Rotation to prevent the components from rotating.
12. Click .
13. Click again to close the PropertyManager.