Import Diagnostics
Are you changing from another CAD program to SOLIDWORKS? Are you frequently importing STEP files from clients? For many SOLIDWORKS users, working with imported geometry and non-native file types is part of every workflow. In this blog, I want to discuss some of the ways…
So you imported some model and it’s giving you grief. Perhaps inexplicable behavior that cannot be resolved simply by restarting SOLIDWORKS. We feel your pain! At the earliest opportunity, you want to run Import Diagnostics. It’s a powerful tool that harness the miracle of computer-based…
A support call about errors in imported models usually ends with a question how to avoid such errors. In an assembly with many imported models it can be a difficult and overwhelming task to identify files with errors and correct them. Checking models for errors…
Did you know that SOLIDWORKS provides more than 30 translators to convert CAD data into SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD format? Common 3D file formats that can be translated include 3D XML, IFC, 3DS, IGES, Parasolid®, ACIS, Autodesk Inventor® Rhino, SAT, Solid Edge®, CATIA®, STEP, and STL. But which format should you use? And what happens…
It is very common in the sheet metal industry to share or receive files from other CAD platforms. Therefore, it is sometimes necessary to recreate the part in order to get everything that we need out of it. SOLIDWORKS has great tools to convert imported bodies…
SolidWorks Tutorial: Import Diagnostics (4) – Sheet Metal Conversion [VIDEO]
This is the fourth in a series of articles focused on troubleshooting and healing topological errors from geometry imported in SolidWorks. After we demonstrated the power of the Import Diagnostics tool for healing topological errors in imported geometry, today we will consider a completely different case study;…
SolidWorks Tutorial – Import Diagnostics (3) – Troubleshooting and Healing [VIDEO]
This is the third in a series of articles focused on troubleshooting and healing topological errors from geometry imported in SolidWorks. As we discovered in the second article of this series, the Import Diagnostics is a good tool for troubleshooting topological errors. It can also be used for fixing…
SolidWorks Tutorial: Import Diagnostics (2) – The Manual Healing Technique [VIDEO]
This is the second in a series of articles focused on troubleshooting and healing topological errors from geometry imported in SolidWorks. Yesterday we presented a simple case study of using the Import Diagnostics tool inside SolidWorks for troubleshooting and fixing errors in an imported body. While that workflow did…
SolidWorks Tutorial: Import Diagnostics (1) – “Face Piercing Through Solid” Error [VIDEO]
This week, we will post a series of articles focused on troubleshooting and healing topological errors from geometry imported in SolidWorks. Two designers of different nationalities can communicate using a lingua franca, a language that is not native to either of them, but which is known…