Index
overview, 767–768
virtual components, 565
binary format, Parasolid, 953–954
Blank option, BOM, 772
Blind end condition, 143
Blind setting, Flange Length panel, 905
Block menu, 734
Block model edits that would update the design table
option, 387
blocks
automating drawings, 687–688
creating, 736–737
editing, 737
inserting, 734–736
overview, 733
Blocks tool, 128–131
*.bmp file, 1046, 1067
bodies
3D mirroring, 334–335
hiding or showing, 835–836
patterning, 320–321
Bodies to Keep dialog box, 827–828
Body folders, 832–835
BOM (Bill of Materials). See also SolidWorks table-based BOM
compared to weldment Cut list, 991
controlling how assembly appears in, 505
Custom Properties, 14, 170, 669
Excel-based, 776–777
organizing subassemblies for, 452
overlapping parts, 532
overview, 767–768
virtual components, 565
Boolean operations, 816
Boss feature, Extruded feature, 236
boss option, Instant 3D, 241
Boss panel, Mounting Boss PropertyManager, 1002
bottom-up modeling, 541
Boundary Cut icon, Deform feature, 300
Boundary Surface PropertyManager, 850
Boundary Surface tool, 849–850
Break Alignment option, 712
Break Corner Options panel, 914
break lines, 759
Break Relations tool, 561
Break toolbar button, Drawings toolbar, 704
Break View, 705–707
bridging between solids, 823
“bright line” test, 810Jog Angle selection, 911
Jog Position selection, 911
offset, 911
Lofted Bends feature, 920–921
Miter Flange feature, 907–908
Sheet Metal feature
Auto Relief, 900
Bend Allowance feature, 898–900
Bend Radius option, 896–897
Gauge Table, 895–896
Thickness link value, 897
Sketched Bend feature, 911–912
Unfold feature, 921–922
Base Flange method, Sheet Metal feature, 922–923
base parts, 29, 378, 561–562
Basic draft analysis, 1018–1019
Basic Motion
animating with, 1070–1072
defined, 1046
Basic scene, RealView, 67
Baugh, Scott, 1081
Belt/Chain dialog box, 120
Belt/Chain mate, 480, 488–489
Belt/Chain tool, Blocks toolbar, 120
Belts tool, 128–131
Bend Allowance feature
Bend Allowance option, 899–900
Bend Table option, 898
K-Factor option, 898–899
Bend Centerline tool tip, Jog Position, 911
Bend Outside tool tip, Jog Position, 911
Bend Radius option, 896–897
bend table, 783, 895
Bend Table option, Bend Allowance feature, 898
Bend Waist option, Corner Trim feature, 914
Bending option, Flex feature, 297
bent leader, changing settings, 728
Berlitz, Stefan, 1081
bi-directional associativity, 28, 171–172
Bi-directional option, Offset Entities interface, 100
Bill of Materials (BOM). See also SolidWorks table-based
BOM
compared to weldment Cut list, 991
controlling how assembly appears in, 505
Custom Properties, 14, 170, 669
Excel-based, 776–777
organizing subassemblies for, 452
overlapping parts, 532