SolidWorks 2010 Bible

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Contents

Hiding and Showing Edges ...............................................................................................800

Tutorial: Using Drawing Display Tools..............................................................................800

Summary ..........................................................................................................................803

Part VI: Using Advanced Techniques 805

Chapter 26: Modeling Multi-bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807

Using Powerful Tools Responsibly ....................................................................................808

Comparing multi-body modeling with assembly modeling .....................................808

Using multi-body techniques appropriately .............................................................809

Understanding Multi-body Techniques .............................................................................810

Creating complex shapes across bodies ...................................................................811

Using Tool bodies and Boolean operations ..............................................................813

Indent feature ................................................................................................813

Move/Copy Bodies and Combine features ......................................................815

Using local operations .............................................................................................817

Flex feature ...................................................................................................817

Shell feature ..................................................................................................818

Patterning................................................................................................................819

Simplifying very complex parts ...............................................................................820

Bridging between solids...........................................................................................823

Modeling for undetermined manufacturing methods ..............................................823

Creating Multi-bodies .......................................................................................................825

Using disjoint sketches ............................................................................................825

Turning off the Merge Result option ........................................................................825

Applying the Feature Scope to bodies .....................................................................826

Rib feature .....................................................................................................826

Delete Solid/Surface feature ...........................................................................827

Creating multi-bodies with the Cut feature .............................................................827

Managing bodies with Split feature ..........................................................................828

Splitting with a sketch ...................................................................................828

Splitting with a plane .....................................................................................830

Splitting with a surface body .........................................................................830

Adding bodies using the Insert Part feature .............................................................831

Working with Secondary operations ..............................................................832

Starting point ................................................................................................832

Managing Bodies ...............................................................................................................832

Using Body folders ..................................................................................................832

Hiding or showing bodies .......................................................................................835

Deleting bodies .......................................................................................................836

Renaming bodies .....................................................................................................837