Press Tool Assembly

From 2D drawing to controlled motion. Explore the mechanism, then follow the preparation, modeling and verification guides at your own pace.

4 unique parts10 instances1 intended motionSolidWorks 2025 · MMGS

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Start with the four parts and their 2D dimensions. Then build the parts, add mates and check the motion.

Start with preparation

One intended degree of freedom

The four guide pillars establish the guide axes while four bushes attached to the Top Plate maintain alignment. The moving plate is constrained against unwanted lateral translation and rotation while retaining the intended axial motion.

FIXED

Structural reference

Bottom Plate
4 × Guide Pillar

MOVING

Guided group

Top Plate
4 × Guide Bush

Understand the six possible motions

Free rigid body

TxTyTzRxRyRz

Three translations. Three rotations.

Mated assembly

Tz · intended motion

Tx · Ty · Rx · Ry · Rz = constrained

Here, z denotes the pillar axis. This is the intended kinematic state; the supplied binary files have not been solved or rebuilt on the website. Four guide pairs require compatible axes and careful mate selection to avoid redundant constraints.

NATIVE CAD

Inspect the native model

Native SolidWorks files are provided so the feature tree, component structure and assembly relationships can be inspected directly.

DOWNLOAD SOLIDWORKS PACKAGE

SolidWorks 2025SLDASM + SLDPRTNative parametric files

One assembly and four part files, packaged unchanged under their original filenames. Extract them together before opening the assembly in SOLIDWORKS. This collection is not a verified Pack-and-Go export; assembly references have not been rebuilt here.