Mate PropertyManager - Advanced Tab

Mate Selections

Depending on the mate type, different fields appear under Mate Selections. See separate help topics for the type of mate you are creating.

Entities to Mate

Specifies the entities that you want to mate. Use the Alt key to temporarily hide a face when you need to select an obscured face for mates. When Optimize component placement when adding mates is enabled, components are placed in more logical positions on the screen and relative to other components when you create mates. To disable this option, click Tools > Options > System Options > Assemblies and clear the option.

Mate Type

Only the mates that apply to the current selections are available.

	Profile Center	Center-aligns the rectangular and circular profiles to each other and fully defines the components.
	Symmetric	Forces two similar entities to be symmetric about a plane or planar face.
	Width	Constrains a tab between two planar faces.
	Path Mate	Constrains a selected point on a component to a path.
	Linear/Linear Coupler	Establishes a relationship between the translation of one component and the translation of another component.
	Limit	Allows components to move within a range of values for distance and angle mates.
	Mate alignment	Changes the mate alignment. Aligned Vectors normal to the selected faces point in the same direction. Anti-Aligned Vectors normal to the selected faces point in opposite directions.

Mates

Mates contains either all the mates added while the PropertyManager is open or all of the mates that you are editing. When there are multiple mates in the Mates box, you can select a mate to edit.

Options

Add to new folder	Places new mates in a folder under the Mates folder in the FeatureManager design tree. When this option is cleared, new mates appear in the Mates folder. Add to New Folder is not available if you select By Status or Separate Fasteners under Group Mates. To access Group Mates, right-click the Mates folder.
Show popup dialog	Shows the Mate pop-up toolbar when you add mates. When this option is cleared, you add mates in the PropertyManager.
Show preview	Previews a mate when you make enough selections for a valid mate.
Use for positioning only	Moves components to the position defined by the mate, but a mate is not added to the FeatureManager design tree. A mate appears in the Mates box so you can edit and position the components, but the mate does not appear in the FeatureManager design tree when you close the Mate PropertyManager. Use for positioning only is an alternative to adding many mates, then later deleting those mates in the FeatureManager design tree.
Make first selection transparent	Makes the first component that you select transparent to make it easier to select the second component. This option is useful if the second component is behind the first.