To add a part to an assembly, first select the standard, category, and
type in the Design Library
. You then add the part to one or more selected holes or a
general location in the assembly.
After you drag a part from the Design
Library
into the assembly, the PropertyManager appears.
The title of the PropertyManager varies according to the selected part.
In this PropertyManager, you set the values for the part that you are
creating in the assembly. In the Favorites
area of the PropertyManager, you can update part numbers and descriptions
to make subsequent selections of the same part easier.
To insert a new part into the assembly:
Drag a part from the Design Library
and drop it into the assembly.
If you drop a part near an appropriate
feature, a SmartMate positions the part in the assembly. For instance,
if you drag a bolt from the Design Library
and drop it onto a hole, SmartMates mate the bolt to
the hole.
- or -
Right-click the part in the Design
Library
and select Insert
Into Assembly.
You can populate one or more holes in
the assembly by pre-selecting the circular edges of the holes, then selecting
Insert Into Assembly from the
shortcut menu. If you do not pre-select a hole, the part is placed at
the assembly origin.
In the PropertyManager, under Properties, select a value for each property. For parts included with SolidWorks Toolbox, the values in the list are valid standards-based values for the selected part. For parts that you add, the values in the list are preset by the configurations built into the selected part.
Click
.
The part appears in the assembly.
To insert a previously created part into the assembly:
Drag a part from the Design
Library
and drop it into the assembly.
In the PropertyManager, under Favorites, select List by Part Number or List by Description.
The list displays the previously created part numbers or descriptions.
Select a part number or description from the list, and click
.
The part appears in the assembly using the dimension values from the previously created part.
To add a part number and description:
Set all of the values as desired.
Under Favorites, click Add/Update
.
The Toolbox - New Part Number dialog box appears.
Update the Part number, add a Description, then click OK.
The part number and description appear in the list in the PropertyManager.
The next time you insert this part from the Design
Library
, you can select this part number and description
from the list.
To edit a part number and description:
Under Favorites, select
the part number and description, then click Add/Update
.
The Toolbox - Edit Part Number dialog box appears.
Update the Part number and Description, then click OK.
To delete a part number and description:
Under Favorites, select
the part number and description, then click Delete
.