SOLIDWORKS MBD Tutorial - Real World Example

This is a one-hour real world “live” video recording where I use SOLIDWORKS Model-Based-Definition, (MBD) to duplicate the same information put on a traditional orthographic view drawing. My goal was to add all the necessary Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) information and additional notes and dimensions to “mimic” the multi-sheet drawing used to manufacture a precision part. I show the steps required for using “Dimexpert” to add 3D dimensions and GD&T, (renamed in SOLIDWORKS 2020 to MBD Dimensions), to capture 3D views correctly. I show how the Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) can be published to an advanced PDF file or simply shared by using the SOLIDWORKS original part file. I also cover relevant settings you should know about that are not usually set “out-of-the-box” or by default. I hope you enjoy some of my tips and tricks along the way!
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[@kevinlarmer5178]

I appreciate the long form version showing have it is actually done. The idealized quick vids are less helpful to me. Watching at 2x helps too :)

[@daanhaeyen]

I think something went wrong with the encoding of the video... There's a lot of audio doubled. Still a pretty useful video.

[@fcsuper]

DimXpert tools weren't renamed. The dimension tools are still DimXpert. SW simply renamed a tab from "DimXpert" to "MBD Dimension".

[@milanjop]

better mic next time ?

[@Andras830328]

would have been better if the microphone was a bit farther from your mouth

[@mikeparker23-19]

not one of the best videos, you keep repeating yourself.