From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2018 Essential Training
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Using the Convert Entities tool - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2018 Essential Training
Using the Convert Entities tool
- [Instructor] The Convert Entities tool allows me to bring in edges or faces from another part or another shape inside of SolidWorks and bring it into my current sketch. Now in this case, I've got this plane number one and I'm going to go ahead and start a sketch on that plane. Now I don't want to create any geometry myself, I want to import it from some other shapes. So over here, if I click on this top surface right here, I can click on and say convert entities. As soon as I do that, notice it brings all those exterior lines and brings it directly into the sketch that I'm working on right now. Now if I click back on that convert entities tool. I can also choose this little box down here called inner loops one by one. If I click on that one there, I can then choose these inner edges and bring those directly into my sketch as well so I have the ability to pretty much create this same exact shape down here very easily. Now I can go over here to something like a feature. Do an extrude…
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Trimming and extending portions of a sketch4m 51s
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Creating offset geometry2m 26s
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Moving, copying, rotating, scaling, and stretching elements3m 25s
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Erasing, undoing, and redoing actions3m
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Using the Mirror tools2m 10s
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Creating repeating patterns in a sketch4m 23s
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Using construction lines to build robust sketches4m 28s
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Using the Convert Entities tool2m 26s
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Adding fillets and chamfers to sketches2m 23s
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