SolidWorks 2010- P13: Whether you are a new user of SolidWorks or a professional who wants to improve your skills, this book was written for you. Learning any software can be difficult at times. You launch the software for the first time, and you feel overwhelmed, not knowing how to even start a new document. In 3D CAD programs, it can be especially difficult. Many times a whole new vocabulary and a whole new creative environment are introduced. | CHAPTER 9 Modeling Parts Within an Assembly t Create the Shade Subassembly Create an In-Context Model Finish the Shade Model Finish the Shade Subassembly Add Configurations to an Assembly 3 3 0 Chapter 9 Modeling Parts Within an Assembly Sometimes when creating parts for an assembly it is difficult to anticipate changes that will be made to the various components and how they will affect other components in the assembly. So far you have created all the components for the desk lamp separately and then you built subassemblies from them. This is often referred to as bottom-up design. One drawback to this approach is that as a component in the desk lamp is updated it may be necessary to manually make the changes to other components. In this chapter you will be using a different approach when you create the model for the shade. Instead of making the shade as a separate model and inserting it into the subassembly you will be creating the model from within a subassembly. By modeling the shade from within an assembly as any components in the assembly are updated any required changes will automatically be applied to the shade. Create the Shade Subassembly Before you can create the shade you need to begin building the shade subassembly. The base part of the assembly will be the shade mount model you created in the previous chapter. The washer subassembly that you created in Chapter 7 will also be used in this assembly. If you have not completed the models in the previous chapters you can always download them from the companion site. In addition to the parts and subassemblies from the previous chapters you also need to download a couple of models in order to complete the shade subassembly. Once you have downloaded all the necessary models for this chapter you can begin building a new assembly using the following steps 1. Click New in the menu bar and select Assembly in the New SolidWorks Document window. Click OK to create a new assembly model. 2. Click Browse in the Begin .
