Chapter 5: Using Visualization Techniques
FIGURE 5.27
A section view
Tutorial: Using Assembly Visualization
This tutorial walks you through the steps necessary to make use of the Assembly Visualization tool
in SolidWorks.
- Close other open documents by choosing Window ➪ Close All command. If you have
any documents open from the CD-ROM, you can save them using the Save As command. - Open the assembly file BibleBikeAssembly ch5.sldasm from the CD-ROM.
- Select the Assembly Visualization tool from the Tools menu. You can also select it on
the Evaluate tab of the CommandManager or from a custom location by placing the icon
by choosing Tools ➪ Customize ➪ Commands ➪ Tools and dragging Assembly
Visualization to the toolbar of your choice. - Toggle the Flat/Nested view icon to see its effect on the tree display.
- Click each available heading to see the tree sorted based on that criteria.
- Turn off the assembly coloration by clicking once on the red to blue fade.
- Sort the tree based on mass.
- Show the tree in flat rather than nested display.
- Move the red and blue sliders up and down to focus on a range of weights.
- Toggle on the Value Bars to show the relative weights of parts.