SolidWorks 2010 Bible

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Chapter 17: Using Hole Wizard and Toolbox


l (^) Each type is organized differently, but bolts and screws are organized by drive or head
type. (For example, you have socket head screws, hex head, and thumb screws.)
l (^) Filenames look like Socket Button Head Cap Screw_AI.SLDPRT, where the AI rep-
resents ANSI Inch.
Figure 17.13 shows this organization in part.
Configurations or parts?
By now you might be unsure about using configurations in general. If so, that is not the message I
am trying to convey. Configurations in themselves are not the problem; the problem here is in the
file management practice of having files with the same names but different content. Mixing that
with the practice of trying to treat “configurator” software like a “library” exacerbates the problem.
FIGURE 17.13
Toolbox content organization

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