{"id":1708,"date":"2010-09-07T04:56:12","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T12:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=1708"},"modified":"2011-02-27T07:18:54","modified_gmt":"2011-02-27T15:18:54","slug":"solidworks-2011-the-defeature-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=1708","title":{"rendered":"SolidWorks 2011: Defeature Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a new tool in SolidWorks called Defeature<\/em>. Although the Defeature feature has a seemingly counter-intuitive and oxymoronic name, this new tool garnered the most excitement from the Press at this year’s SolidWorks 2011 Launch Event<\/em>.\u00a0 Defeature creates simplified versions of models or assemblies that are easier to share, use, and also protect design details which may represent intellectual property.<\/p>\n

Defeature for parts<\/h4>\n

In a part, Defeature allows the user to replace details (such as features and surfaces) with dumb solids (solids without feature definition or history).\u00a0 With a model open, goto Tools <\/em>pulldown>Defeature<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Defeature<\/p>\n

Defeatured model - before and after<\/pre>\n
The Defeature tool workflow may be straightforward for simple parts.\u00a0  However, the selection\/deselection process can be laborious for complex parts.\u00a0 Once the user has selected the preserved features, they may save the results to a new  file or upload the model directly to 3D Content Central<\/a>.\u00a0 The new file will not be linked to the original file.\u00a0 It will only contain one feature called Imported1<\/em>.<\/p>\n
Defeature for assemblies<\/h4>\n
If Defeature only simplified individual models, it wouldn’t be all that impressive.\u00a0 Defeature also works with assemblies!\u00a0 It has several options that facilitate the selection\/deselection process.\u00a0 With an assembly open, goto Tools <\/em>pulldown>Defeature<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\"Defeature_kitchenv6\"<\/p>\n
Defeatured assembly - before and after<\/pre>\n
The assembly Defeature workflow allows the user to select\/deselect whole components based on certain criteria, including the removal of all internal components or components that are less than a certain percentage of the overall assembly.\u00a0 There’s more!<\/p>\n
Defeature allows the user to preserve motion within the assembly, even with a significant number of details removed from the assembly.\u00a0 For example, an assembly model of motor may be heavily simplified while still allowing its parts to move in the same fashion as they do in the original fully detailed assembly.\u00a0 This well help suppliers provide fully functional assembly models while protecting their designs from competitors or other copycats.\u00a0 The Defeatured assembly may be saved in the same manner as parts.\u00a0 Components will be saved as virtual parts within the assembly file.<\/p>\n
What others are saying about Defeature<\/h4>\n