SolidWorks Timesaving Tip #4: Mate References at Official SolidWorks Asia-Pacific Blog

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SolidWorks Timesaving Tip #4: Mate References

Submitted by Clement Donzel on Thursday, 11 March 2010View Comments

Mate references specify one or more entities of a component to use for automatic mating. When you drag a component with a mate reference into an assembly, SolidWorks tries to find other combination of the same mate reference name and mate type.

In this video, you will learn how to use the Mate Reference feature.

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