You can turn
the 3D
Interconnect functionality on or off in the
SOLIDWORKS. You can
enable this option to use new translators with faster performance and better quality over
the legacy translators.
To turn
on or turn off
3D
Interconnect:
-
Click .
-
In the dialog box, in
File Format
select
General.
-
Select or clear Enable 3D
Interconnect.
When selected, you can specify additional options:
- Create 3D Interconnect
links. Imports the 3D Interconnect feature and component
links. (Third-party files consist of multiple components (for
assemblies) and each component has features.)
- Feature and Component
Level or Feature
Level. Displays the component links and feature links
with an arrow symbol on each component and feature in the FeatureManager
design tree after import.
-
Click OK.
When you import, the component and feature links have an arrow
on each component and feature in the FeatureManager design tree.
After importing the file with links, you can
manually break the links by right-clicking and selecting
Break Link in the FeatureManager design
tree. The output of the link depends on the following options:
- Create external
files. Breaks the 3D Interconnect component link and
creates the resulting part or assembly as an external file.
- Create virtual
components. Creates the resulting part or assembly
as an internal file (virtual component).