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The type of mate depends on what buttons you click in what order. The plane you select coincides with the Front Plane of the new part.Īfter you select the front plane location, SOLIDWORKS goes into Edit Component mode and it starts a new sketch on the Front Plane. SolidWorks now prompts you for a reference plane, without really telling you. Go to System Options > Assemblies > Save new components to external files.) (You can change a setting so that new parts are not virtual, which means you have to select a filename after creating one. You create a new one by selecting Insert > Component > New Part / New Assembly or by clicking these buttons in the Command Manager: You can only use virtual components in assemblies. You can recognize them by the circumflex symbol: part1 ^assembly2. Virtual components are assembly components (parts or subassemblies) that you can quickly add, edit and delete. How to add a new virtual part or assembly When you should not use virtual components.

When does SOLIDWORKS save a virtual model?.

Convert a virtual part to a normal part.

How to add a new virtual part or assembly.

Just make sure you are aware of the trade-offs. You can dramatically improve your design speed by not having to come up with a name for each file. BT DT.You can create hundreds of these models without creating a single file. We learned to spell this out in our contracts just so it was clear up front and there were no misunderstandings later. That does not carry any financial obligation of the IP holder to the inventors in your company, but at least the inventors get their due recognition on the patents. If they aren't then the patent can be disputed and invalidated. However, if anyone at your company is an "inventor" of any part of the IP then they must be named on the patent. If a company wants to retain the IP that means the rights to it are theirs, i.e., the right to patent it (or swear you to secrecy for the trade secret route). We generally only send "Dumb models", STEP etc and a BOM that generally only has our part numbers for those customers. Some of those designs end up turning into additional products for us or get incorporated into existing designs as "Upgrades" and improvements. On the other hand we have other customers that don't care if we retain the IP. This pretty much means we design it but can't ever really use that design again. We have customer that demand they have IP control. Furthermore all this should be spelled out in the quote and agreed upon before the PO.