Summary
In this chapter, we learned about all of the advanced mates available in SOLIDWORKS assemblies. These include the profile center, symmetric, width, distance range and angle range, path mate, and linear/linear coupler mates. For each of the mates, we learned what the mate does and how to use it in the SOLIDWORKS assemblies environment. These advanced mates allow us to create more flexible assemblies that are closer to a variety of dynamic design intents, which is the objective of this chapter. At this point, we are well acquainted with both standard and advanced mates.
In the next chapter, we will continue working with assemblies to cover configurations and design tables, which will enable us to generate different assembly versions in a single SOLIDWORKS assembly file. This is in addition to different assembly tools such as collision and interference detection and assembly features.
