Part III: Working with Assemblies
FIGURE 13.20Editing a mate
To edit multiple mates consecutively without exiting the Mate PropertyManager, it is best if you
pre-select the mates. Pre-selected mates are shown in the Mates panel, as shown in Figure 13.20.
You can switch from editing one mate to another by simply selecting the new mate in the Mates
panel. If you select only one mate before clicking Edit Feature, but realize later that you want to
edit multiple mates, you can select more mates through the FeatureManager.When mate entities are lost, the mate displays as grayed out, as shown in Figure 13.21. Also
shown is a mate that cannot be resolved; for example, a face coincident to two points separated in
space. You can repair the missing reference problem by selecting the Invalid reference in the Mate
Selections window and then selecting the correct item from the graphics window.The yellow triangle is a warning symbol that shows that a mate is satisfied, but it is in conflict with
another mate that is not satisfied.