I am looking for a quicker way to make repetitive mates. The mate in particular is shown below. It is a two piece assembly, which is concentrically mated (locked rotation), then coincidentally mated to the bottom of a hole. This mate is then repeated for identical holes in different locations.
Currently I am creating the mate once, then using copy with mates to fill other holes. This method works, but results in a lot of extra clicks which add up over time. Is there any way to either mass-replicate this mate, or at least copy the mate with less clicks? I have been trying to find a way to do it using smart components or smart fasteners, but as of now have not found a way to make it work.
That's correct. In the current version of SOLIDWORKS you won't be able to use a feature or pattern driven pattern to position those components, since the orientation of the patterned instances wouldn't match the holes.
If we implemented enhancement request SPR 753347 then this would allow you to use a pattern driven pattern to position and align the patterned components to the holes, providing a hole wizard feature (with a 3D sketch) was used to make the holes in the part.