tips on creating path mates

I'm working on an excavator track, which consists of links and shoes. I have an assembly of one link and one shoe, with their corresponding mates. Its exactly like a motorcycle or bicycle chain, just a larger scale. I've seen tutorials on mating chain links to a path, however they only show 3 links. my question is, is there a way to copy the assembly with the Concentric mate and the path mate, or does every link need to individually mated? thanks for taking the time to read this

2 Answers

Here are some things you can try;

Answered with a tutorial: https://grabcad.com/tutorials/tips-on-creating-path-mates

There is one feature called chain pattern in SW 2015..try that...hope that will be helpful to you..