Next Discussion: CSWA

We will start our next topic, the CSWA, in a couple of weeks.

I'm going to take some time off in order to attend an event in Boston to see what SOLIDWORKS 2016 is going to look like.

I'll be tweeting and blogging on the new version of our favorite software from the certification point of view.

If you have any questions, post them here or hit me up at my twitter account SWCertGuy.

Enjoy!

Bryan

CSWP, Segment 3: Replace Component

SOLIDWORKS also makes it very easy to replace one component with another.  Let's work with the assembly we have used in the last couple of posts Here.  Also download the Updated Cross Member found Here.

We are going to right click on the Cross Member and select Replace Components.  You may need to click on the double down arrow if it is not immediately one of your choices.

Cross Member is added to the Replace these components window.  Next we click Browse and browse to the Updated Cross Member file and select it.  One thing we want to select is the Re-attach mates box.  This will compare identical features and re-create your mates for you.

Hit the check mark and you are done.

I hope this helps you out.  Let me know in the comments if you have any questions.

Bryan

CSWP, Segment 3: Interference Detection

We will take a look at interference detection in this post.  Download the assembly files we used in the flexible assemblies post Here.

Interference Detection is a built in feature in SOLIDWORKS.  Under the Evaluate Tab, you can find it as the yellow and green parts shown colliding.  When we click on it, we open the Interference Detection dialog box.  You can calculate the entire model or select components in your assembly.  If we click calculate with the entire assembly selected, we are shown that the Spacer and Cylinder Housing have an interference condition.






As always, if you have any questions, please ask them in the comments section.

Bryan