Copy Body

[PRESSEDSTEEL]

Hello All,
I am working with an weldment/sheet metal part that I inherited. I need to copy some fasteners, but when I invoke the copy body command there is no option for copy only move.
It has been a while since I have used SolidWorks, I have just gotten off the Inventor train so I am a little rusty. Any ideas?

 

[TheTick]

Copy is only available if moving by X-Y-Z, not by mates. If you want to copy w/ mates, it takes two operations--one to copy and one to move.

If you are making multiple, it may be quicker to make a pattern, then move/mate each of the patterned bodies.

 

[Jboggs]

Are the fasteners actually part of the weldment? Are they welded to is? Or are you more accurately working with an assembly consisting of a welded part and separate fasteners?

You can also insert those fasteners with INSERT PART and use the mate function within that command.

 

[PRESSEDSTEEL]

As I said, I am pretty rusty with SolidWorks. The file I am working with is a welded frame with sheet metal brackets. I need to add additional fasteners. It cannot be a pattern because they need to be located on a different face. The file is a .SLDPRT. I need to add 90860A111_ROUND BASE WELD NUTS W BARREL in another location.

 

[ctopher]

Why not make it an assembly?

Chris, CSWP
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[PRESSEDSTEEL]

I would have done that, but I did not model this POS. It was done by another engineer who is long gone from the company. I don't want to have to redo all of the drawings. The SolidWorks video I watched shows how to copy a body by checking the copy check box, my display does not have that option. I don't know how he (the original engineer) brought part files into a .SLDPRT file.

 

[Jboggs]

"I need to add 90860A111_ROUND BASE WELD NUTS W BARREL in another location."
That is the exact purpose of the INSERT PART command. Learn about it and use it.