Follow SOLIDWORKS Partner Products link for the list of registered solutions. SOLIDWORKS API is used by SOLIDWORKS partners to develop bespoke solutions (add-ins). So it is possible to say that everything user can do with SOLIDWORKS from the interface can be emulated in the code. SOLIDWORKS API covers almost all functionality of SOLIDWORKS with the minor exceptions (in this case the API implementation is usually planned for future releases).

Software developers can emulate the user interaction with SOLIDWORKS to implement the automation routines or compliment the SOLIDWORKS functionality by adding new commands to the application. I also no longer have to worry about being sent the wrong paper print, or any damage that may happen on the shop floor.SOLIDWORKS Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of libraries which are exposing the public functions to be used by 3rd party software for invoking the SOLIDWORKS native commands programmatically. This makes it much harder to miss an important detail such as the tolerance on that bored hole. 005 on the step telling me I have some open tolerances to use to my favor in those areas.īy importing that data in with the solid model I was able to see, at a glance, what manufacturing of that part will entail. 001 inches, a tolerance I can easily hold in most CNC Mills, and that I also have a tolerance of + or –.

I can also see that the overall height of the part is + or –. I know that when I am devising my machining strategies, I should leave stock on those holes for secondary operations. For example, we can see below that the bore diameters are +0.0002 inches -0.000, a tolerance that may require a Jig Bore or EDM operation. Once you have the file open you can use the imported data to create your manufacturing strategies.

It’s as simple as saving the STEP file from the SOLIDWORKS 3D View Tabs and using File Open inside of Mastercam. Mastercam has the ability to read that data with the MBD intact, without SOLIDWORKS on the same system. SOLIDWORKS has the ability to export MBD Data embedded inside a STEP 242 File Format.

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