From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2017 Essential Training
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Direct editing: Move/copy bodies - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2017 Essential Training
Direct editing: Move/copy bodies
- [Instructor] The Direct Editing toolbar inside of SolidWorks is one of the most powerful toolbars or feature sets inside of SolidWorks. And the Move/Copy Body command is one of my favorites. Let me show you how it works. Right now, we only have one solid body, so it's not really going to be that interesting. Let's go ahead and create one more solid body inside of this part. To do that, I'm going to go ahead and choose the Front Plane here, start a sketch, create a circle, and let's just put this circle kind of over here on the side. Create a feature, extrude it out, I'm going to say 1/2 of an inch thick, and then click on OK. Now, if you wanted to move this circle here into the center over here, you could just go back to the sketch, move it over in the sketch, and everything would be fine. But, for instance, if you didn't have that ability or didn't want to do that, you have the ability to use the Move/Copy Body command. So let's go up here to Direct Editing. Click on Move/Copy…
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Loft tool9m 37s
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Refining a lofted shape with guide curves1m 53s
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Making lofted cuts1m 34s
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Creating swept shapes2m 38s
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Making swept cuts2m 38s
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Using the Wrap command2m 42s
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Boundary boss and base2m 7s
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Intersect tool1m 23s
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Working with configurations3m 51s
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Surface tools2m 39s
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Using surfaces to build solid models2m 33s
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Direct editing: Move/copy bodies3m 9s
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Direct editing: Move face2m 49s
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Direct editing: Combine2m 57s
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Direct editing: Split2m 27s
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