SolidWorks Tutorial: Mechanical Mates by SolidWize

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This SolidWorks training video includes - Using the mechanical mates: Gear Mate, Hinge Mate, Cam Mate, Rack Pinion Mate, Screw Mate, Universal Joint Mate.
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[@ProudQLD]

Amazing tutorial. Everything was explained in a clear and concise manner.

[@MRMONKIBONES]

Excellent video, well done!!!! Thanks for the step by step walkthrough.

[@snakedike]

Well set up and executed demo.

[@WilliamRussom]

Cool video, thanks for the tip about the sketch circle for gears.

[@cooley1971]

Awesome! So simple helped heaps!

[@micro88matt]

helpful yet quick. thanks!

[@vishank7]

This is so awesome! Thank you!💎

[@daveniemeyer2919]

Very well done. Thank you.

[@matyijcsik]

Thank You! Nice work.

[@mohammadalirabiee1500]

Great Video.
Thanks.

[@carabela125]

thank you more creating this video, it answers many questions

[@naboulsikhalid7763]

well clearly explained, from my side I understood. thanks for sharing knowledge

[@IslamYahia2011]

great show

[@quitoguru]

Thank you!

[@degrubbelies]

Thank you, been looking for something like this for ages!

[@undercoverboss543]

did it help you out since then

[@khalilibrahim8421]

Very Awesome and helpful video! Good solidwize
Now how i can get this assembly?

[@0301kumar]

good work

[@AceroMecanico]

muchas gracias por el trabajo, se agradece que hable pausadamente, y el ingles se entiende, espero alguna vez tutoriales en español.
se agradece, muy buen trabajo, saludos

[@travis69jr]

great job

[@hermanbontan50]

Thank you very nice video and usful for me

[@samr1321]

Hi,
Thanks for the video. I have a question for you. How can I perform an stress/fatigue analysis of the complete assembly of an machine like the one in your video?
Many thanks,

[@Jay-xi8lc]

Thank you thank you saved my homework assignment

[@SolidWize]

thanks

[@DanieleGrecoUK]

The universal joint would be the best ever!

[@Painter_Kind]

This is great

[@Raphael17Parreiras]

Muito foda!

[@ProjectRobbyBobby]

nice

[@shubhamgurav9194]

Thanks a lot sir 👍👌🙏❤️🔥😎👌

[@MoogtMTB]

Can anyone tell me how you create the pitched circle on an imported toolbox gear?

[@arm_pirate]

The only thing seems wrong, is that second 45 degree gear and next flat one on the same shaft are turning opposite directions, which is impossible :)

[@MJApple]

NIce

[@rama1234ish]

when I tried to do this it said "the segment intersected does not intersect therefore no tangency relationship will be created" and it won't work, do you know what I'm doing wrong?

[@kemalnurveren]

Hi. Dont you share only the parts? I need those to teach the assembly for my students. Thanks. I am using SW 2014.

[@josephcoon5809]

Would a Standard Lock mate between to rotating prices accomplish the same thing as a 1:1 Gear mate? If so, is there a computational difference between the two that would result in any major difference in rendering between a large assembly using a Standard Lock verses a Mechanical Gear 1:1?

[@SolidWize]

Yes indeed, one of the mates got flipped, but the gist is still the same

[@rajindersingh1883]

Hi. Can u please add a link to download all these parts?

[@nasserk2441]

what is the easiest way for wind force on a turbuine simulation? i am a beginner but I should have at least one sim in my work?

[@MuhammadAwais-jh2dy]

What should we do when redundancies is high in motion analysis

[@oscargh22]

do you know how to keep rotating all gear moving w/out using the mouse

[@edmundzed9870]

Thanks for this video.
I wonder how to make and animate a limitation on the movement from the cam follower, by lets say a nut on the rod that prevents it from going all the way down to the cam.

[@SolidWize]

You can use a limit distance mate, or a point to surface mate will also terminate on the end of a surface, so it functions in much the same manner.

[@Mohammed-ev9xq]

you are the best :)

[@SolidWize]

No Mohammed, you're the best ;)

[@SolidWize]

Use a gear mate. Fix the "rack" That way only the other gear rotates.

[@fpassx]

very nice vidz ! thanks for your time, (very nice english by the way, i mean it's easily understandable for a frogie ;))

[@guicapone2]

Will solidworks tell me if there is a backlash present between two gears? If they are present, what does it do?

[@SolidWize]

Not specifically. You'd have to run a motion simulation and analyze the motion yourself.

[@chandradefta4890]

how to make every gear move in circle?
is it have to make an axis for moving.
i assembled the part but not moving in circle.

[@bhaveshmishra5629]

just do 1 thing delete the software its not for u

[@quicksilva184]

when i do my mates the gears do not move instantaneously....why is that?

[@SolidWize]

It takes a bit to compute, so if your cpu is a little slower, there will be some lag.

[@SolidWize]

create a motion study

[@gohan100100]

your gears are going the wrong way.... double check it.

[@ThatBeTheQuestion]

"For all intents AND purposes," man. "For all intents AND purposes." Not "for all intensive purposes."

[@SolidWize]

I realized in the last 8 years, I've cut down on saying that quite a bit. Perhaps it's because I was saying it wrong