From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2013-2017: Sheet Metal Design
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Creating parts in the assembly - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2013-2017: Sheet Metal Design
Creating parts in the assembly
One of the best ways to build sheet metal assemblies is to create parts within the assembly. We have a couple of ways we can do this. Now, come over to the Assembly tab. I can click on Insert Component, click on the drop-down right below it. I can click on New Part. This will add a new virtual component inside of our assembly. And we can then save that out to the file system. That works okay, but I actually prefer the more simple method of just starting a brand new part. And go ahead and saving that out. So go to File > Save As, and I'll call this one 7.3.4. Click on Save, and now I have a blank part that's been saved to the file system. And notice, it has front plane, top plane, right plane, and an origin. And that's all we need to be able to move that into the assembly. Let's go back to our assembly. And we can tile horizontally to look at all the parts. And grab that new part and drag it into our assembly. There it is. You can't see much because there's nothing in it. But that's…
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