After a long break from writing, I have decided that I will make my return with the long promised series about SolidWorks Mates. The next few posts will cover every aspect of mating in SolidWorks. If you found this article after Googling mates and mating thinking you would find some cools tricks to help you [...]

Buried deep in the advanced mates lies a hidden treasure. The Width mate is a little known mate that makes mating tabs and slots possible without calculating distances or using reference geometry. This is not one of the many new mates in 2008, in fact this mate made its debut appearance in the 2006 release. [...]