Welcome to SolidWorks Design Checker
SolidWorks Design Checker verifies design elements such as dimensioning
standards, fonts, materials, and sketches to ensure that SolidWorks documents
meet pre-defined design criteria.
SolidWorks Design Checker is available in
SolidWorks Professional and SolidWorks Premium only.
SolidWorks Design Checker has the following modules:
Build
Checks. Use this tool to set the requirements for evaluation.
The requirements are saved in a file with a .swstd
extension.
Check
Active Document. Use this tool to validate your document.
Check
Against Existing File. Use this tool to validate the active
document against design checks created from existing files.
Learn
Checks Wizard. Use this tool to retrieve design checks based
on attributes from an existing SolidWorks part, assembly, or drawing document.
To add SolidWorks Design Checker to SolidWorks:
Click Tools,
Add-ins.
Select SolidWorks
Design Checker
,
then click OK.
Click Tools,
Design Checker.
You can also access the Design Checker
tools
from the Tools
toolbar.
From the Welcome
to SolidWorks Design Checker dialog box, access the following:
Create
a New Standards File. Build
a new .swstd file.
Open
an Existing Standards File. Browse to a .swstd
file to check
an active document.
Design
Checker Help. Opens the help document with table of contents and
index.
Design
Checker Tutorial. Opens a tutorial that teaches you the basics
about SolidWorks Design Checker.