When
you
create an assembly, an empty Mates folder is
automatically included in the FeatureManager design tree.
Each mating relationship that you create is added to this
Mates

folder and to a
Mate in assembly

folder under the subassembly or
component. In the
Mates

folder, the entry for each mating
relationship includes the names of the components involved.
You can rename mates.
All the mates within a Mates
folder are solved together; the order
in which they appear in the folder does not matter.
You can perform operations such as Replace
Mate Entities on all the mates in a Mates
folder by selecting the Mates
folder in the FeatureManager design
tree. See Mated Entities PropertyManager.
To repair missing mate references for references to faces, edges, planes, axes,
and points, right-click the Mates
folder and click Auto Repair
.
To organize mates, you can create folders within the Mates
folder or use Group Mates.
To create folders, right-click the mates and click Add to New Folder
or
drop
the mates into an existing folder. You can add mates to a new folder while you create
the mates by selecting the Add to new folder
check box under Options in the Mate PropertyManager.
Add to New
Folder is not available if you select By
Status or Separate Fasteners
under Group Mates.