SOLIDWORKS Tutorial: Optimizing Mates for Large Assembly Performance

The #SOLIDWORKS Large Assembly and Drawing Workshop is the best training course for users who experience drastic slowdowns when working with large assemblies and drawings. www.javelin-tech.com/3d/people/training/solidworks… One of the critical takeaways from this workshop is the importance of knowing in which phase of the assembly open process the slowdown occurs, how to troubleshoot its cause and how to fix the problem. If you have ever experienced slowdowns involving mates, this presentation is for you. Among the topics covered: • Over defined mates – troubleshooting tools and techniques • Redundant Mates • Mates Optimization • Optimizing Flexible Subassemblies • Circular References #SOLIDWORKSTutorial #SOLIDWORKSLargeAssembly Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:16 Javelin Large Assembly Offerings 3:26 Solving the Mate Matrix 4:26 How Mates are processed 5:51 Over Defined Mates 10:33 Top Level Assembly Shortcut 10:41 Isolate & MateXpert 11:05 Group Mates by Status 11:37 Using Standard Mates over Advanced Mates 14:26 Show Primary Planes 14:34 Flexible Assemblies and Best Practices 21:05 Avoiding Daisy Chain Mate Schemes 24:23 Performance Evaluation 30:22 Closing