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SOLIDWORKS - File Management

by Tony Riggs

This course provides a look at some of the best practices you can implement for renaming, moving, and changing files. Software required: SOLIDWORKS 2016.

What you'll learn

Misplacing files can be a very time consuming and costly problem to have. In this course, SOLIDWORKS - File Management, you'll see some best practices for keeping everything connected. You'll start with file structure and references going over the basics of how the files interact with each other and what happens when we open and save parts, assemblies, and drawings. You will also see some real world tasks required for normal workflows such as renaming, moving, and changing files. By the end of this course, you'll be ready to maintain good habits with all of your SOLIDWORKS files. Software required: SOLIDWORKS 2016.

About the author

As an Elite Applications Engineer at GoEngineer, Tony Riggs specializes in SOLIDWORKS and rapid prototyping. He is a Certified SOLIDWORKS Expert as well as a Certified SOLIDWORKS Instructor. His duties include training, technical support and product demonstrations of SOLIDWORKS and several other products that we carry. Prior to this position he worked as a Mechanical Engineer at FlightSafety International where he helped with the design of flight simulators. He has been using SOLIDWORKS for over... more

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