SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Part VI: Using Advanced Techniques

FIGURE 28.1

A mouse master model

The concepts of Push and Pull type functions are ones that I developed and you may not find them

in other documentation. I found classifying the techniques helpful in understanding which tool

was best for various situations. Push simply means that data from the parent document is pushed

out to the child and the relationship is defined in the parent document. Pull means that the child

document pulls data from the parent and the relationship is defined in the child document.

Here is a quick summary of the four tools that this chapter covers as master model tools:

l Insert Part. Enables you to pull all the solid and surface bodies, sketches, and even fea-

tures from an existing part into the current part. Available as a toolbar icon and from the

Insert menu.

l (^) Insert Into New Part. Enables you to insert a selection of solid and surface bodies from
the current part into a brand new part. Even though it is initiated from the parent docu-
ment, it is classified as a Pull function because it doesn’t leave a feature in the parent, but
does leave one in the child.
l (^) Split. Enables you to split a single solid body into multiple solid bodies and save (push)
each body out to a separate part file. Available as a toolbar icon and a menu entry in the
Insert ➪ Features menu. Creates a feature in the FeatureManager of the originating
(parent) part file.