How to Defeature Models in SOLIDWORKS | Beginner SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

In order to work effectively with partners in a global market it is important to be able to share your designs in a safe and efficient way whilst protecting your business's intellectual property. With SOLIDWORKS defeature functionality you can quickly remove unnecessary model detail or use a component silhouette to create a simplified version of your model. Defeature is also useful when you need to the reduce file size of your models and for improving performance in larger assemblies.
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[@susancolm]

My preview pane stays empty--I don't see anything. How do I fix this? I'm at 0:51 in your video.

[@TriMechGroup]

Hi, we actually have a step by step guide you can follow for this, it may take a moment to load but please check it out here. There are other examples in there so make sure to select defature when you reach the contents screen. www.solidsolutions.co.uk/virtual/2019WhatsNewWalkthrough/
If you still have trouble after trying these steps then I suggest you get in touch with your local SOLIDWORKS Reseller for support.

[@susancolm]

@@TriMechGroup thanks for the reply!

[@adrianz3233]

Can you save the simplify model as a new configuration ?

[@TriMechGroup]

*For parts, you sure can!* Defeatured assemblies need to be saved as new files.