Auto-Repair for Missing Mate References

Improvements to Auto Repair for concentric and parallel mates add more criteria for identifying replacement entities.

For concentric mates, SOLIDWORKS repairs the missing reference by selecting a face on the same component that has a different diameter and the same axis position.

For parallel mates, SOLIDWORKS repairs the missing reference by selecting a reference on the same component that has a different position. For planar faces, the missing reference is repaired with a different planar face that has the same orientation. For plane references, the missing reference is repaired with a different plane that has the same orientation. If a matching plane is not available, SOLIDWORKS uses a planar face that has the same orientation to repair the missing plane reference.

To auto-repair missing mate references:
  1. Open a model that contains a concentric mate error.
  2. Right-click the mate and in the context toolbar for the mate, click Auto Repair .
    If SOLIDWORKS cannot repair the error, you are prompted to solve the mate manually.