SolidWorks Training - Mating a Sphere to a Surface

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Mating a spherical face has several limitations, including the inability to mate to a non-planar surface. This SolidWorks tutorial provides a workaround for that limitation.
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[@Nat-gh2tt]

Almost ten years later and this video is still helping engineering students. Hats off my friend.

[@MisterFizz]

Nicely done. If you wanted to depict a sphere a toroid (steel ball and o-ring seal) in contact with each other using a mate in SWX 2020, shouldn't it be as simple as choosing surface of each and assigning a tangent relationship? There've been some usage features added since the version you are using. But, try as I may, I'm unable to make that happen. I have their axes aligned coincidently. I was really hoping for a homerun. Didn't happen. Advice?

[@alanmarino2745]

i think that if you make only one distance mate equal to sphere radius between the center point of sphere and the surface it will work too, with no need of creating extra geometry.

[@aamiri77]

Very Helpful. Quick and right to the point. Thank you.

[@radiatedracer3830]

This sucks if you want to change the size of the ball, and then you have to adjust the offset surface again as well. Wish it was easier to slide something along a surface

[@excaliburkral535]

thank you so much bro that works well

[@SolidWize]

The distance mate does not work in this case as the surface is curved. That's why I create the offset surface.

[@ladiesmanbiker]

how do you make it so that you can drag the sphere anywhere? (1:40) Thanks

[@SolidWize]

Delete the mates. At 1:40 the sphere is no longer mated to anything. Then click on the sphere and move it around.

[@alanmarino2745]

yes you're right, i probably misunderstood the goal of the exercise.

[@kentm111]

Another problem fixed. Job done.

[@BlueSwallowAircraft]

Thanks you for this it was very helpful!