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Contents
Gear mate ................................................................................................................482
Rack and Pinion mate..............................................................................................483
Limit mates .............................................................................................................484
Screw mate ..............................................................................................................485
Path mate ................................................................................................................486
Linear Coupler mate ................................................................................................487
Hinge mate ..............................................................................................................487
Belt/Chain ...............................................................................................................488
Editing and Troubleshooting .............................................................................................489
Editing existing mates .............................................................................................489
Troubleshooting assembly mates .............................................................................491
Distinguishing between warnings and errors ...........................................................491
Examining Mate Options ..................................................................................................492
Reviewing Mate Best Practices ...........................................................................................493
Tutorial: Mating for Success ..............................................................................................494
Summary ..........................................................................................................................499
Chapter 14: Controlling Assembly Configurations
and Display States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
Using Display States ..........................................................................................................501
Controlling Display States and configurations .........................................................502
Using Display States with drawings .........................................................................505
Using part Display States in assemblies ...................................................................505
Understanding Assembly Configurations ..........................................................................505
Configurations for performance ..............................................................................505
Suppressing components and features ...........................................................505
Configuring SpeedPaks ..................................................................................506
Using part configurations for speed ...............................................................506
Advanced Component Selection ....................................................................508
Isolate ............................................................................................................509
SolidWorks Utilities Simplify Assembly .........................................................509
Controlling display performance ...................................................................510
Configurations for positions ....................................................................................512
Positioning with mates ..................................................................................512
Positioning with sketches ..............................................................................513
Configurations for product variations ......................................................................515
Design tables for assembly configurations ...............................................................515
Modify Configurations and Configuration Publisher ...............................................516
Assembly configuration dos and don’ts ...................................................................517
Creating Exploded Views ..................................................................................................517
Tutorial: Working with Assembly Configurations .............................................................524
Summary ..........................................................................................................................528
