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Composer · Lesson 3: Publish and update

Insert an SMG file into Word or PDF, and update actors and the assembly.

Lesson goal

Share your Composer files with people who do not have the software and keep them aligned with the CAD.

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2 videos

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1 exercise

Intermediate

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Prerequisite: Lesson 1

1. Watch the videos

Dassault Systèmes videos hosted on MySolidWorks: they open in a new tab and a free account is enough. Watch them in order.

Publishing from ComposerVideo 1▶Publishing from ComposerLink a Composer file in a Word document and a PDF, with different configurations.↗ Updating Composer FilesVideo 2▶Updating Composer FilesUpdate one actor or the whole assembly after a design change.↗

2. Key takeaways

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An SMG file inserted into Word or a PDF can be viewed without the recipient having SOLIDWORKS Composer.

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Different configurations can be presented in the published document.

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Composer is not a CAD application: design changes are made in SOLIDWORKS.

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The Update command reloads a modified actor or the whole modified assembly, without redoing the documentation.

Tip

Run the update in Composer as soon as a CAD revision is approved: you keep your views and animations, and the manual follows the revision.

3. Do the exercise

On the Composer file from the previous lessons:

  • modify a part in SOLIDWORKS and save it
  • update the matching actor in Composer
  • insert the SMG file into a Word document
✓To check: The modified part appears up to date in Composer, and the SMG file displays in the Word document.

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