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00:00hey everyone in this video guys i'm going to be showing you how you can convert a step file

00:04into sldprt file format in solidworks okay but guys before we jump into the details do not forget to

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00:18jump into the video okay so the first thing that i'm gonna do is to design the piece okay and the

00:24file format of the piece in this case will be sldprt i'm gonna save it as a step file okay then i'm

00:31gonna open that step file in solidworks and extract the features and save it as a new sldprt file

00:39format okay so the first step will be designing the piece so in this case i'm gonna go to the top

00:45plan right click normal 2 right click then sketch i'm gonna use the center's rectangle to draw a

00:53rectangle like this i'm gonna use the smart dimension to add a 100 millimeter here and 100

01:00millimeter here also then you click on okay next i'm gonna exit the workbench then go to features

01:08then extruded boss or base then i'm gonna change the value from 10 to 20 hit enter then okay now i'm

01:18gonna go and click on the top face of this extrusion right click normal 2 right click then sketch i'm

01:26gonna use the same command center rectangle to add a rectangle like this in this case i'm gonna add 50

01:33millimeter as a dimension here and i'm gonna do the same thing here 50 millimeter okay then you click on

01:41okay exit the workbench then we go to features then you go to extruded cut command in this case i'm

01:49gonna change the value from 20 to 10 hit enter then okay again great now i'm gonna go and click on fillet

01:58fillet i'm gonna add a fillet of 10 millimeter here here here here and here then you click on okay

02:11great next i'm gonna go and add chamfers click here then you go and click on chamfer instead of 10 here

02:21i'm gonna add 1 millimeter as a distance okay click on this edge this edge this one and this one

02:31okay then you click on ok great now i'm gonna go and add a hole here right click normal 2 then you go to

02:41features then you click on hole wizard okay i'm gonna go and click on positions then i'm gonna use the center of the

02:51axis like this and the diameter of the hole will be 10 millimeter okay then you click on ok great so this is a

03:00piece created in solidworks and i'm gonna change the file format of this piece from sldprt to step then i'm

03:10gonna open that step file and extract the features and i'm gonna change one of these features and save it

03:17as a new sldprt file format okay so now i'm gonna go and click here then save as from part to step

03:28ap240 then you click on save great okay so now you go and click on open

03:36then you use this option you click on all files then you go and search for the step file

03:45this is the step file part 8 open okay so this is the step file you click ok now i'm gonna change

03:55the view to shade it with edges then i'm gonna go here you do right click on the imported body then

04:03you go to feature works then you go and click on recognize features okay the next step will be

04:12checking all these options then you click on ok you wait for a few seconds until solidworks extract the

04:21features from this step file then as you can see here on the screen these are the features use it to

04:28create this piece let's say that i want to change the depth of this pocket do right click here then you go

04:35and click on edit feature instead of 10 millimeter i'm gonna change it to 15 okay then you click on ok

04:46so as you can see here on the screen this is how you can extract the features from a step file in

04:52solidworks change the features and save it as a new sldprt file format okay thanks for watching

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