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Assembly methods in Solidworks Design

Assembly is the process of combining or assembling several parts in a certain relationship. An assembly is a combination of two or more parts, also called components, in one SOLIDWORKS document. We can position and orient components using pairs that form connections between components. Very easy process. There are 2 assembly methods in Solidworks: 1. Part coordinate system method. 2. Part Method Part coordinate system method Click the new icon and part icon to create a new image. 2Click and create a part image. Then save and name the file part1. Create a new part and then create a new plane that is 30 mm apart. Then save and name the file part 2. After the above process is complete, we enter the stage for assembling part 1 and part 2. Here are the steps: Click the New icon and click the assembly icon. In the menu bar select windows, tile horizontally. So a horizontal tile window will appear Click the 2D Sketch icon so that origin will be active in windows assembly. Click on the text pa...

Autocad : Use Cursor Help in Dialog Boxes

  This underused feature is quite helpful. Most dialog boxes in AutoCAD have a questionmark button on their title bars, next to the close box X. Click the ? button, and the cursor will display a question-mark icon next to the pointer. Now, click any part of the dialog box you’re interested in querying. A tooltip appears that displays information about the control you selected. This is a great way to learn which system variables the Graphical User Interface (GUI) elements control. It’s also much faster than going through standard Help. For example, open the Options dialog (right-clicking the command line is a quick way to get to Options). Select the 3D Modeling tab, and click the question-mark button. Then, click the Visual Style While Creating 3D Objects drop-down list. The tooltip describes this dropdown’s function in more verbose prose, and it also reveals the name of the associated system variable — DRAGVS, in this example. AutoCAD® WI L E Y P U B L I S H I N G , I N C ...