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Exporting a Bounding Box

When exporting a sheet metal part as a .dxf or .dwg file, you can export the bounding box and assign the bounding box to a specific layer.

To assign the bounding box sketch to a layer:
  1. Click File > Save As.
  2. For file type, select .dxf or .dwg.
  3. In the DXF/ DWG Output PropertyManager, under Entities to Export, select Bounding box.
  4. Select other options and click .
  5. In the SolidWorks to DXF/DWG Mapping dialog box:
    • Assign layers to entities.
    • Map other properties.
    • Click OK.


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