From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Importing Geometry From Other Applications
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Exporting 3D geometry in SOLIDWORKS - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Importing Geometry From Other Applications
Exporting 3D geometry in SOLIDWORKS
- [Instructor] Once you've completed a design in SolidWorks you're going to want to create it. So at this point, you're going to want to send this file out for someone to CNC machine, CNC lathe, maybe 3D print. This is going to require exporting the 3D geometry. In SolidWorks, this process is as simple as a Save As, in many cases. But you want to make sure to check all of your geometry before you send it out and think about what process you're going to be using and how that will affect things like tolerances, the dimensions overall, and GD and T. For this example, I have a 3D part here that I'm going to have CNC machined. Let's look at the options I have to export this using 3D geometry. Going up to my Save button I click on the arrow here and go to Save As. You can see that automatically, it pops up in the standard part mode, if you will. Where it's ready to just save it again maybe as a different name. What I'm going to do instead is save it as a different file type. The best file…
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