Im using SW 2022 and recently needed to import a Step file with 100's of Solid Bodies and Surface Bodies. I needed this to then model my new assembly around it and this new assy was flexible with moving parts. SW now gives you two ways to import step files, traditional and 3D Connect. I tried both ways in order to try and use the imported bodies with my new assy but got rather confused in the process. I needed to modify some of the bodies from the step file but it seemed that Featureworks wouldn't work. It was greyed out sometimes or in other situations it said I had overlapping solid bodies and wouldn't work. If I suppressed bodies Featureworks says You have suppressed components and thus does not work.I assume there are many times you might need to import a step file made with many parts, put them in a SW assy and if necessary modify the part using SW features that have been created with Featureworks. I can't find a demo of this workflow anywhere. Am I missing something????
How do i start if i want to modify an imported assembly example: assembly of a knive, now i want to modify the blade, how do i do that do i need to save the assembly as parts ? how do i go beyong direct editing?
Would people that use this program and others consider this one to be superior? I've been trying to learn CAD without much success except for a couple of the more simple programs... and to me (so far), this seems to be the most superior program of them all (in several ways), but especially in learnability, simplicity and time.
Best quality tutorials I've seen so far. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for explaining it and not having cheesy music to distract me!
Thanks so much! I needed this for work
Why does my Feastures tab disappear and get replaced with an Assembly tab when I open step files? It blocks this entire process for me.
Hey guys, thanks for sharing. It has helped me a lot. I really appreciate it. Cheers.
This is amazing. Thank you so much!!!!
Im using SW 2022 and recently needed to import a Step file with 100's of Solid Bodies and Surface Bodies. I needed this to then model my new assembly around it and this new assy was flexible with moving parts. SW now gives you two ways to import step files, traditional and 3D Connect. I tried both ways in order to try and use the imported bodies with my new assy but got rather confused in the process. I needed to modify some of the bodies from the step file but it seemed that Featureworks wouldn't work. It was greyed out sometimes or in other situations it said I had overlapping solid bodies and wouldn't work. If I suppressed bodies Featureworks says You have suppressed components and thus does not work.I assume there are many times you might need to import a step file made with many parts, put them in a SW assy and if necessary modify the part using SW features that have been created with Featureworks. I can't find a demo of this workflow anywhere. Am I missing something????
Awesome information..
How do i start if i want to modify an imported assembly example: assembly of a knive, now i want to modify the blade, how do i do that do i need to save the assembly as parts ? how do i go beyong direct editing?
So much helpful 🌹❣️
GREAT VIDEO
How to modify step assembly file in solidwork,please make video on that please
Would people that use this program and others consider this one to be superior? I've been trying to learn CAD without much success except for a couple of the more simple programs... and to me (so far), this seems to be the most superior program of them all (in several ways), but especially in learnability, simplicity and time.
what SolidWorks edition (2019?) and service pack is shown in this video?
very very useful
Can this be used on Sheet Metal parts?
Yes, direct editing can be used to edit sheet metal parts too. You can see an example in this video: ua-cam.com/video/gFy6nJcnQD0/v-deo.html
not work in 2025