From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Importing Geometry From Other Applications
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Exporting 2D geometry in SOLIDWORKS - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Importing Geometry From Other Applications
Exporting 2D geometry in SOLIDWORKS
[Narrator] Once you've created your design in SolidWorks you're going to want to export your geometry so that it can be created. There are many operations out there that can be utilized when trying to create parts. For this specific example I'm going to focus on CNC operations. Now looking at my part it's really just a top and bottom CNC operation. They can do all the cuts on this face and then flip it over, do all the cuts on this face, or vice versa depending on the tool holding. So I'm going to export 2D geometry to give our vendors all the information they need to cut this face. For creating 2D geometry we're going to want to export a DXF or DWG. For this specific example, it doesn't matter which I choose. I'm going to go up to my Save As dropdown then go to Save as type and select DWG. Really quick I want to take a look at our options. Most of these options are going to stay as the default. The two to pay attention to though are the Version and Spline export options. For the…
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