You can mate bolts to straight or arced slots and you can mate slots to slots. You can select an axis, cylindrical face, or a slot to create slot mates.
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Click Mate (Assembly toolbar) or .
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In the PropertyManager, expand Mechanical Mates and select Slot
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- For Mate Selections, select a slot face and the feature to mate to it:
- The face of another straight or angular slot
- An axis
- A cylindrical face
You can select overlapping features.
- Select a constraint option:
Option |
Description |
Free |
Lets the component move freely in the slot. |
Center in Slot |
Centers the component in the slot. |
Distance Along Slot |
Places the component axis at a specified distance from the end of the slot. |
Percent Along Slot |
Places the component axis at a distance specified by the percentage of the slot length. |
To change the endpoint from which the distance is measured, select Flip dimension.
For slot-to-slot mates, you can select only Free or Center in Slot.
- Click .