The Design Library tab
in the Task Pane provides a central
location for reusable elements such as parts, assemblies, and sketches. It does not
recognize nonreusable elements such as SOLIDWORKS drawings, text files, or other
non-SOLIDWORKS files.
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Design
Library |
Subfolders
populated by SOLIDWORKS with reusable items such as parts, blocks,
and annotations. You can add folders and content.
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Toolbox
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To access the content, install and
add in the SOLIDWORKS Toolbox Library. |
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SOLIDWORKS Content |
Additional
SOLIDWORKS content for blocks, Routing, CircuitWorks, and weldments.
Ctrl+click to download
.zip files. |
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3D Components -
PartSupply |
To access
Part Supply from the
3DEXPERIENCE
Marketplace. |
Working with Design Library Contents
You can drag copies of parts, assemblies, features, and annotations
from:
- The Design Library into the graphics area.
- The graphics area into the lower pane of the Design Library.
- One folder to another in the Design Library.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer and File Explorer into the Design
Library.
When you drag items into the Design Library, the Add to Library PropertyManager appears with a
default file name, the default file type, and the selected folder for the Design
Library folder.
- You can add multiple selections of features and sketches, but
only one item at a time for other categories.
- To copy a complete assembly or part into the Design Library,
select it in the FeatureManager design tree and drag to the lower pane.
- To copy annotations or blocks into the Design Library, hold down
Shift and drag from the graphics
area to the lower pane. Annotations are saved with the extensions for favorites.
- To copy features, drag from either the FeatureManager design
tree or the graphics area. Features are saved as library feature parts.
If you modify an item that you inserted from the Design
Library, the item is also modified in the library.
Filtering a Folder
You can apply filters to identify forming tools or display only
assemblies in selected folders. Right-click a folder in the upper pane, then
select:
Forming
tools folder |
Identifies the folder as
containing forming tools. SOLIDWORKS handles forming tools
differently from other parts, but the file name extension is the
same, so the software recognizes forming tools by the folder
classification. |
Assemblies folder |
Displays only the assembly
documents in the folder. |