Inserting a Library Feature

A library feature is a frequently used feature, or combination of features, that you create once and then save in a library for future use. SOLIDWORKS comes with several pre-made library features in the Design Library. Here, you insert a keyway.

  1. Click Back (Heads-up View toolbar).
  2. Select the Design Library tab on the Task Pane.
  3. Expand Design Library .
    If you are missing the Design Library folder, you can add it manually by clicking Add File Location and browsing to drive letter:\ProgramData\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS version\design library in the dialog box and then clicking OK.
  4. Navigate to features\metric\keyways.
  5. Drag bore with square keyway bs 4500p1 onto the part.
  6. In the PropertyManager, under Configuration, select:
    • 2 X 1 ø 7
  7. In the graphics area, select the outer edge for the reference edge, then click .