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Mating parts with Path Mate

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Mating parts with Path Mate

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- [Announcer] The Pathmate needs two things. The first is, obviously, a path, which is generally a sketch. And the second is a point to run along that path. So, over here, you can see I've got this little cone and at the bottom of this cone I need to have some sort of point to establish. And I actually added this point already, so here is point number one. So if you didn't have that, you need to open that part and go ahead and just create a sketch or add a point right to the bottom of that part. Alright, the next thing we need to do is, of course, establish this line or the path we want to have it on and that's actually in this part. So if we open that part up, you can see right there, there's the path, and it's just a basic sketch on that top surface. Alright, close that down. And we're back over here. Let's go ahead and let's establish the Pathmate. Come up to Mate. Come over here to Advanced Mates. And then come over here to Path Mates. So, there it is. And as far as the path…

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