Hi! I'm currently using the SolidWorks 2010 package. I'm using it to model a simple crankshaft from a lawnmover. In order to do this, I first modelled the counterweight in one part file and the rest of the crankshaft in another part file. I then imported both of these files into an assembly, so that I could position them and save the assembly as one part file. However, when I tried to save the assembly as a part i.e.
http://help.solidworks.com/2010/English/SolidWorks/sldworks/ LegacyHelp/Sldworks/Parts/Multibody_versus_Assemblies.htm
I can't find the appropriate save as option, I can only save the assembly as either an edrawing or an assembly template.
I have tried to merge the two part files together by opening one of the part files and inserting the other part into it. However, when I do this I have trouble positioning the two parts along a common centre line or the parts are imported at a random rotation.
If all else fails I would settle for the crankshaft being an assembly of parts, however, I am also having trouble positioning the parts in an assembly (I'd like to move a construction line of one part to the centre of a face in the other part, or to a construction line in the other part).
Thanks in advance!
CBaker
Edited by: CBaker
http://help.solidworks.com/2010/English/SolidWorks/sldworks/ LegacyHelp/Sldworks/Parts/Multibody_versus_Assemblies.htm
I can't find the appropriate save as option, I can only save the assembly as either an edrawing or an assembly template.
I have tried to merge the two part files together by opening one of the part files and inserting the other part into it. However, when I do this I have trouble positioning the two parts along a common centre line or the parts are imported at a random rotation.
If all else fails I would settle for the crankshaft being an assembly of parts, however, I am also having trouble positioning the parts in an assembly (I'd like to move a construction line of one part to the centre of a face in the other part, or to a construction line in the other part).
Thanks in advance!
CBaker
Edited by: CBaker