- [Instructor] To get started with the path mate
we need two things.
One, is we need a part.
And two, obviously we need a path.
Right here on my screen I have a part,
and right on that part I have a spline,
which is the path I'd like to use.
And over here is my part.
And what I need to do is choose a point
on that part to connect to that path.
Now, check this out right at the bottom of the part
is my face.
And right over here, I've added a point.
See that point, number one?
I went into the part itself, opened it up,
and I just added a point
and a point's pretty straightforward and easy to do.
Just click over here under Features,
Reference Geometry and Point.
Choose that one there,
make sure we're looking at the part,
and then choose something, like, center of face,
like that, like I did right there.
And that's how I created that point.
Okay. Anyways, back over here to our assembly.
What I want to do is I want to take that point,
which is right here.
And then I want to grab this path and create that mate.
So, come up here to Mate,
and notice I already have that point selected.
Here it is.
And my selection for the advanced mate,
I have to come into that folder down here,
is path mate.
Okay, so here's my point.
And here's my path.
Choose the path and just that easily,
we're able to create the path mate.
The only problem is check this out.
If you go over here to the part itself
my park in row to eight around in 3D space.
So just that point is attached to the path.
The rest of the parts can still kind of flop around.
So we probably want to grab another mate
just use the coincident mate, choose the bottom
of the part and the top of the plate click.
Okay. And now we should have this nice little part
that can slide along path pretty handy.
So it's a great little tool to add that path mate,
you just need to have a point on the part and then
some type of path and it doesn't have to
be a 2D sketch, either.
It could be a 3D path.
It doesn't really matter.
And then just easily add that path, mate.
And then that part should just slide
along wherever that path happens to go.