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Downloading internet parts

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Downloading internet parts

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- [Instructor] One of the best ways to get components for an assembly is to not design them at all but to download them from the Internet. Now, many suppliers are now providing 3D CAD files so it makes it very easy to go ahead and just download those components. Something like a motor, or a gearbox, or a screw, or a bolt, or a nut, or any of those type of things that are supplied by a big company, more than likely they've got some content you can download from their website. A couple of really great resources to find these type of components, if you come over here 3D Content Central, you can search through all the available suppliers there and download a huge amount of very cool models right into SolidWorks. Here's just a few of the items you can download over here. You can of course search for things and look through all the available suppliers they have. The next one is going to be McMaster-Carr. McMaster-Carr is if you're looking for any type of a piece of hardware like a bolt, or…

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