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Inspection · Lesson 1: Start an inspection project

Add-in or standalone application, project creation, properties, imported files and navigation.

Lesson goal

Create a clean inspection project, with its properties and all the documents you need, and move around it without wasting time.

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4 videos

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1 exercise

Beginner

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Prerequisite: Ability to read a dimensioned drawing

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.

What is SOLIDWORKS Inspection?Video 1▶What is SOLIDWORKS Inspection?Overview: project, Bill of Characteristics, report, add-in and standalone application.↗ Creating a New Project and Adding Project PropertiesVideo 2▶Creating a New Project and Adding Project PropertiesCreate a blank project and fill in its properties.↗ Working with Imported File TypesVideo 3▶Working with Imported File TypesImport 2D PDFs or 2D and 3D CAD files, add files and organize the project.↗ View Manipulation ToolsVideo 4▶View Manipulation ToolsChange pages, zoom, and hide or show the extracted annotations.↗

2. Key takeaways

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SOLIDWORKS Inspection is available as an add-in in SOLIDWORKS and as a standalone application: choose based on the type of file you receive.

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The standalone application accepts 2D PDFs and CAD files: useful for inspecting a part drawn by a customer or an old drawing.

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The project properties (part number, revision, customer) feed the final report: fill them in from the start.

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A project can group several files: drawing, BOM or additional sheets stay in the same inspection package.

Tip

Prepare a project template with your usual properties (customer, order number, inspector): every new project starts already filled in.

3. Do the exercise

With a PDF drawing of a mechanical part from your design office:

  • create a new project in the standalone application
  • fill in the part number, the revision and the customer name
  • import a second sheet and move between the two
✓To check: Both sheets are visible in the project and the properties appear in the report preview.

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