Assembly in SolidWorks

Norman F. SimmsCAD Mechanical / Electrical Designer

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Creating a Part to Use in an Assembly

Make Assembly from Part Orientate Part, Fix it’s Location, and Place Ordnance System

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Mating the Bottom Face of Part Coincident to Top Reference Plane

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Creating a Relations (Mate) on the Reference PlaneRemember that the Reference Planes are part of the part and are

very useful when orientating parts and assembles

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You should create a new Coordinate System for your Assembly

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Change the default Coordinate System to you New Coordinate System This changes the Center of Mass in the Mass Properties

Change Coordinate System from the default to your new

Coordinate System

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Insert Parts or Assembly to your new Assembly

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Create Relationships between partsThis part has two mates (concentric & coincident)

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This Assembly Part is still able to Rotate. This is ok if the part in moveable, but in this case I want to Fix the Part in Place so an additional Mate is Needed

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The uses of the Part’s Plane are used to Orientate and Fix the New Part in PlaceA Parallel Mate is Used to Align the Part in this Assembly

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A Replace Part command is use to replace parts, but in case an error is created because the coordinate system placed on the first part will no longer exist. A new

coordinate system must be created.

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When handling large Assemblies, it is a good idea to go to Options and turn on Lightweight.

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In Moveable Assemblies you are able to see the Range of Movement

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Sheet Metal Parts can be Unfolded and Detailed for Manufacturing

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Weldment Members can be Ordered from automatic generated Cut List

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Looking at an Assembly in 3D – we can spot problems and make the necessary changes needed easier. In a moveable assembly we can analyze the range of movement . Finally, because the system is parametric we know that the changes to the assembly will translate to the part model and drawings.

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