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Tag Archives: Hardware

The C Handler

Misc 1 Comment
3D Printing | BOM | Components | Hardware | SolidWorks

I have always been a bit OCD when it comes to door handles. When possible I try to avoid contacts with things that other people touch. If there is no way I can avoid it, as soon as I can, I wash my hands because I am pretty bad at not touching my face…

But now with these strange times upon us, more than ever, I try to limit these contacts. I came up with a tool design that works pretty good and I wanted to share it as my modest participation to COVID-19, and more generally non-hygienic, contacts mitigation.

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Definition of the Word Component

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Assemblies | Components | Drawings | External | Hardware | Internal

A component is a generic name that you can give to anything in SolidWorks. It can be an assembly or a part, having a geometry or be empty, being a virtual file or an external file, having or not having a related drawing and a related Bill Of Materials. This term is used a lot on this website when the subject applies to any classes of SolidWorks or real world entity.

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