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.
You
can use
the
following entities
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
Symmetry mates do not mirror the entire component about the plane of
symmetry.
Symmetry mates only relate the selected entities to one another.
In
the illustration, the two highlighted faces are symmetric about the highlighted
plane.
The
two components
remain
upside down with respect to one
another because
only
the highlighted faces
are
symmetric. The
other
faces
of
the
components are
not symmetric.
To add a symmetry mate: