I am struggling with Solidworks mates and have severalquestions.

Can mates be organized? Does the order they are put into theassembly affect the order they are solved in?

It takes longer than I think it should to find the mates that Ineed to change. For example, if I have a cover that needs to have achange made to the way it mates to the top of my box, I look at thelist of mates for the cover. This list includes not just the matesfor putting it on the box, but every screw and bracket that Iattach to the cover. How do I quickly and easily find the matesthat I need to change? Does it matter which mate comes first? Arethere any best practices about creating mates that I should betaking into account?

Another question -
I have a component that is mated with a distance from an edge. Iknow that I can change the distance if I double click on the matethat controls it. To get to that, I am selecting the component,hitting the property manager tab, looking for the mate thatcontrols that, then double clicking that mate. Is there an easierway?

Thanks,
CarrieSolidworksAssemblies