In Assembly, create mate that include supported mates for Mate Controller. The supported mate types include: Angle, Distance, limitAngle, LimitDistance, Slot and Width mates.
Go to Insert> Mate Controller to insert Mate Controller.
You can click Collect All Supported Mates, SOLIDWORKS will automatically choose all supported mates.
Or you can choose mates by click on mates.
Reorder the mates using the up and down arrows to create the order.
The Position 1 is default starting position. Click Add Position to create Position 2.
Change the value for Position 2. Then continue for others positions.
Change the time value for each position.
Click Calculate Animation to calculate the frames and play animation.
Click to Saves the animation as an AVI or other file type if you want to save the animation to video file.
Click Ok to complete the mate Controller. The Mate Controller is stored below the Mates folder in Featuremanager design tree.