SolidWorkS 12 TrACk ASSEMBlY 15 SiMPlE MACHiNES PAgE 6-1

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Track Assembly 15 A. Insert Parts.Step 1. Click File Menu > New, click Assembly and OK.

Step 2. Click Keep Visible in the Property Manager, Fig. 1.

Step 3. Click Browse in the Property Manager, Fig. 1.

Step 4. Select your TRACK 15 file and click Open.

Step 5. Click OK in the Property Manager. This will place Track 15 origin at the assembly origin and fix the position so Track 15 cannot move.

Step 6. Click Browse in the Property Manager, Fig. 1.

Step 7. Select your Track 6 file and click Open.

Step 8. Click approximately where the Track 6 is posi-tioned in Fig. 2.

Step 9. Click OK in the Property Manager when done.

B. Save as "TRACK ASSEMBLY 15".Step 1. Click File Menu > Save As.

Step 2. Key-in TRACK ASSEMBLY 15 for the filename and press ENTER.

C. Mate: Tracks.

Step 1. Click Mate on the Assembly toolbar.

Step 2. Click side face of Track 15 and side face of Track 6, Fig. 3.

Step 3. Click Add/Finish Mate in Mate pop-up toolbar to add a Coincident mate, Fig. 4.

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Step 4. Click top rear edge of Track 15 and top front edge of Track 6, Fig. 5.

Step 5. Click Add/Finish Mate in Mate pop-up toolbar to add a Coincident mate.

Step 6. Click top face of Track 15 and top face of Track 6, Fig. 6.

Step 7. Click Angle in Mate pop-up, Fig. 7.Set angle to 10 and press ENTER. Track 6 should angle up in the rear, Fig. 8. If positioned in opposite direc-

tion, click Flip Dimension in the Mate pop-up, Fig. 7. Click Add/Finish

Mate to add the Angle mate.

Step 8. Click OK in the Property Manager when done.

Step 9. Save. Use Ctrl-S.

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