Customizing the Routing Template

Now create a custom routing template and set its units to inches. If your company policy allows, you could save the custom template in the default template location, but for this tutorial, you save it in a new folder that you create.

1. In File Explorer, browse to your default template location.
   The default routing template, routeAssembly.ASMDOT, appears in the folder.

   What if the routing template does not appear in the folder? After adding in SOLIDWORKS Routing, a routing template is generated the second time you create an assembly document. If you have never created assemblies while Routing is added in, then the template has not been generated yet. You can force the template to be generated by creating an assembly and inserting a subassembly. See step 2 to generate the template.

2. Optional: To generate the routing template:
   1. Click New and create a new assembly document.
   2. Close the Begin Assembly PropertyManager.
   3. Right-click Assem1 at the top of the FeatureManager design tree and select Insert New Subassembly.
   4. Close the assembly (you do not need to save it).
      The routing template is created in your default template location.
3. In File Explorer, create a folder on your local drive called C:\MyRoutingTutorial.
4. In SOLIDWORKS, click Open .
5. In the Open dialog box:
   1. Browse to your default template location.
   2. Select Template (*.PRTDOT;*.ASMDOT;*.DRWDOT).
   3. Select routeAssembly.ASMDOT.
   4. Click Open.
6. Click File > Save As New.
7. In the Save As dialog box:
   1. Browse to C:\MyRoutingTutorial.
   2. For File name, type MyRouteAssembly.
   3. For Save as type, select Assembly Templates (*.ASMDOT).
   4. Click Save.
8. Click Options or Tools > Options.
9. In the dialog box:
   1. On the Document Properties tab, select Units.
   2. Under Unit system, select IPS (inch, pound, second).
   3. Click OK.
10. Click File > Save to This PC.