Where is solidworks design library

And guess what? The rest of the design team is doing the same thing. And what happens if another designer uses the same file with the same name and changes the component he has? Unknowingly, it might affect the assembly you want to work on if you have the assembly with the changed component opened first.

Because when you open your assembly the changed component will be used. The first thing to discuss is where to put the Design Library so other team members can access it which will cut down on duplication of the same components being stored on various computers. The Design Library should be put in a location where everyone has access.

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Parts and Features. There is also a Link to library part option which will cause the feature to update in the future if the Library Feature Part is ever changed. The References will list the geometries you used for positioning purposes from step 3. Select each item and a small window will appear showing the original model. Within your new model you will need to select the new edge to be referenced.

In my example I dimensioned to the edges of the rectangular face to control the vent position so I need to select the appropriate edges in my new model. If there were no references used in the original part there will be nothing listed here.

After you confirm the options you will see a Library Folder added into your FeatureTree. Within this folder will be the library features. In my example only the sketch carried over but you can see in the example below we can incorporate as many features as we want when creating these Library Feature Parts. You will notice above I created a Library Feature for the Alignex logo. Thanks for reading! Jesse is a regular contributor to the Alignex Blog. Find more tech tips on the Alignex Blog and subscribe to get content like this delivered straight to your inbox.

Menu Toggle navigation. With the folder structure in place you are now ready to create your library feature. Step 1: Create a Place Holder Extrusion Begin by creating a place holder extrusion, similar to the geometry you plan on inserting this library feature onto. Step 2: Sketch the Geometry Sketch the geometry you will be using with the library feature.