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 part 1, then move the mouse and point it to the origin windows assembly.

Then click the part 2 text icon (the mouse is still depressed) then we move the mouse and point it to the origin window assembly so that it is on the assembly window.

Mate method

The following is an example of an assembly drawing that we will discuss using the mate method:

Click the icon and create the following image below:

Then save and name the box file.

Click and create an image as follows:

Then save and name the cylinder file

After the above process is complete, we enter the stage for assembling the box

and cylinder.

The following are the stages st.

Here are the steps:

Click New and click the assembly icon.

Then in the menu bar, click Insert, Component, From File.

Choose one of the file names that we will display, in this case the file name

Box.

After selecting the file name above, we point the pointer to the Assembly window and then click the left mouse. So a box image will appear in the windows assembly.

We click again on the menu bar Insert, Component, From File. And then choose a file name in this case cylinder. Next, we point the pointer at the assembly window and then click the left mouse. So the cylinder image will appear in the assembly window.

After processing points 7 and 8 are complete, in the assembly window we will get the following image:

The following are the stages for the box and cylinder assembly process:

Click the mate icon or click on the menu bar Insert, Mate. So the following dialog box will appear:

See the image above, if we click Edge 1 and Edge 2, and we select Coincident.

So we get the assembly result image as follows:

Look at the picture above, if we click Face 1 and Face 2 and select it

Concentric (see dialog box below):

So we get the assembly result image as follows:

After the mate process above is complete, we can modify the position of the assembly image again as explained in point 15.

We can modify the assembly point 13 image as shown below:

We can modify the position of assembly point 13 in the following way:

Click both the cylinder edge and the box edge, as in the mate dialog box below, then press checklist.