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Product Description
SolidMap provides new and innovative ways to view the interdependencies that are created between features, parts, and files within SolidWorks. Visualization of the feature, part, and file interdependencies dramatically reduces the time required to understand how a model is built which, in turn, enables users to much more efficiently edit models and completely eliminates the need for users to rebuild models prior to being able to edit them. There are five types of relationships that are read and displayed by SolidMap. SolidMap reads and displays relationships between:
SolidMap enables users to view an assembly model in the context of an interactive block diagram. The user can view “where used” and “reference” relationships that already exist between parts and subassemblies within an assembly file.
SolidMap enables users to view "in-context" relationships that exist between SolidWorks models. The user can view “external references" that have been created intentionally, or unintentionally by the user. SolidMap will also identify any circular references that may exist within the external reference relationships.
SolidMap enables users to view mates between components in an assembly through a unique block diagram.
SolidMap enables users to view existing parent/child relationships that exist within SolidWorks part and assembly files in the context of a block diagram.
SolidMap enables users to understand existing dependencies between features and/or sketches within a part through a unique block diagram.
SolidMap represents significant value to both the organization as well as the individual user.
File relationships
 In
addition, users can
navigate to and open any
of the files associated
with the file under
investigation directly
through the block
diagram.
The SolidMap diagram also interacts with the SolidWorks
feature manager by
enabling users to select
nodes on the feature
tree by selecting the
corresponding block in
the diagram.
External References Circular references are sometimes created inadvertently when there are several external references between models in an assembly. When circular references are created, the models involved in the circular reference will have rebuild problems. Today, there is no tool within SolidWorks which identifies circular references. If a user suspects that there is a circular reference, he is forced to spend a significant amount of time investigating the external references to confirm if there is a circular reference within those relationships. SolidMap immediately identifies circular references and displays which models within the assembly participate in the circular reference AND how they affect each other.
Assembly relationships Users are able to see all mates within an assembly as well as all entities (i.e, face, edge, vertex, etc ...) that the mates are applied to. The user also has the ability to filter out mates so that a subset of the mates can be investigated.
SolidMap
enables users to
view existing
parent/child
relationships
that exist
within
SolidWorks part
and assembly
files in the
context of a
block diagram.
This block diagram shows existing relationships to the entity under investigation as well as relationships between the parents and/or children of the entity under investigation. The SolidMap diagram also interacts with the SolidWorks feature manager by enabling users to select nodes on the feature tree by selecting the corresponding block in the diagram.
SolidMap
enables users to
understand
existing
dependencies
between features
and/or sketches
within a part
through a unique
block diagram.
The block diagram shows which features and/or sketches are “driving” the geometry of the entity under investigation. In addition, the diagram also shows which features and/or sketches are “driven” by the entity under investigation.
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“Where
used” – common query
into a repository of
solid models to
determine what other
files are “using” or
referring to the
file under
investigation
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