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Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS® 2018 Fundamentals of Part Modeling

File Management

File management organizes parts, assemblies and drawings. Why do you need file

management? A large assembly contains hundreds or even thousands of parts.

Parts and assemblies are distributed between team members to save time. Design changes

occur frequently in the development process. How do you manage and control changes?

Answer: Through file management. File management is a very important tool in the

development process.

The GUIDE-ROD assembly consists of many files. Utilize file folders to organize

projects, vendor parts and assemblies, templates and various libraries.

Folders exist on the local hard drive, example C:\. Folders also exist on a network drive,

example Z:\. The letters C:\ and Z:\ are used as examples for a local drive and a network

drive respectfully. The following example utilizes the folder ''Documents'' to contain the

folders for your projects.

Activity: File Management - Create three new sub-folders.

Create three sub-folders in the ENGDESIGN-W-SOLIDWORKS folder. In Project 1, you downloaded

the ENGDESIGN-W-SOLIDWORKS folder to your hard drive. Work directly from your hard drive.

Save all models, assemblies and templates to the ENGDESIGN-W-SOLIDWORKS folder and the

sub-folders. Note: un-zip files before you try to open any files.

1) Double-click the ENGDESIGN-W-SOLIDWORKS folder on your hard drive.

2) Click New folder from the Windows Main menu. A new folder

icon is displayed.
Name

Create the first sub-folder. The procedure will be different depending on
ENGDESIGN-W-SOLIDWORKS

your operating system.

3) Enter MY-TEMPLATES for the folder name.

- ~ New item •

Create the second sub-folder. t] Easy access •

4) Click New folder. e Rename N~

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5) Enter PROJECTS for the second sub-folder name. New

Create the third sub-folder.

6) Click New folder from the Windows Main menu. A new folder l MY-TEMPLATES

icon is displayed. VENDOR-COMPONENTS

7) Enter VENDOR-COMPONENTS for the third sub-folder name. PROJECTS

Return to the ENGDESIGN-W-SOLIDWORKS folder.

8) Click the Up arrow to return to the

ENGDESIGN-W-SOLIDWORKS > This PC > Documents > 2018 SOLIDWORKS ENGINEERING DESIGN

folder.

Utilize the MY-TEMPLATES folder

and the PROJECTS folder throughout the text.

Store the Part templates, Assembly templates and Drawing

templates in the MY-TEMPLATES folder.

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