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If you make that part an "envelope" it will remain visible, but not be used in the Mass or COG calculation. it will also be removed from BOM's.

A work around for interference detection in a Multi-body part is to try the combine solids feature, and select "Common". If the resultant works, the interference will be the left over solid body.

Next to the rebuild button, there is a drop down button for the 'select' arrow. You can "Select Hidden", then right click select "Isolate"

As another option, you could utilize the Assembly Visualization Feature. You can sort by Mass & Material, and then save as Excel

Turn off the following setting: Tools, Sketch Settings, Override Dims on Drag/Move

You could use the Design Table to set the colors for the different configurations

You can also set up the design checker to detect dangling dimensions. It will list them for you, and then as you click on one of the items, it will zoom to the dangling dim

This solution requires a few clicks, but it may get you where you need. A macro could probably be made from these steps, but I am not a macro guru... From the model, you can Insert, Tables, Bill Of Material... Once configured how you want, RMB on the BOM, Save as, then select the Save as Type...

Instead of using a Linear Pattern, try using either a Sketch Driven Pattern or Table Driven Pattern.

Make sure your extrude block did not 'Merge Bodies'. Then, in your feature tree, you should find the Solid Bodies (2) folder. Expand it & select both bodies, then RMB Combine Bodies. Subtract is your Operation Type, selecting your extrude block as the main body & the STEP body as the body to...

I see 1 of 3 solutions hopefully working out for you... 1. The SW fix is to add an "Inspection Dimension" border around important dimensions. It is a button above the dimension text box, and can be found in 'dimension value property manager' portion of the Help section. The significance of this...

SW is set up to create a weldment “assembly” at the part file, not as an assembly file. It sounds confusing, but it starts to makes sense as you go through the SolidWorks Weldments tutorial. If you create the models per the tutorial, it should solve a lot of your issues. That being said, our...

Our company uses a lot of nuts, bolts, screws, rivets, etc. that mate to slotted holes on large flat sheet metal surfaces. The slot spacing may vary but tends to be a repetitive (only sometimes linear) nature. So, I have been trying to come up with an intelligent approach to adding fasteners to...

Could you use the 'Design Journal' document embedded in Solidworks? There is one for the model & drawing. More info in the SW Help file...

"It would be nice to be able to extrude a body through a block (tried, too complex for solidworks)" Try using the Cavity Feature. Easy to embed a solid body into a block, which then can be cut to show the desired shape. If you use a Section view, try turning on 'Display only cut faces' in the...