- [Narrator] Before we actually start building
our enclosure model.
We're going to talk very briefly about SOLIDWORKS files
and how to use the Exercise Files in this course.
One important thing to note about SOLIDWORKS
is that native SOLIDWORKS files
are not backwards compatible.
So parts, assemblies, and drawings.
For example, SOLIDWORKS files created in SOLIDWORKS 2019,
cannot be opened by earlier versions.
So 2019 files won't work in SOLIDWORKS 2018,
17, 16, and so on.
To get around this,
we can export files as different file types
that can be opened by all versions
and a good format to use for this is the STEP file format.
This can also be exported and opened by a wide range
of different CAD programs other than SOLIDWORKS.
So it's very useful.
To start off this course we'll be importing a PCB model,
a printed circuit board.
And then we'll be building around that.
So to allow these files to be used by people
using all different versions of SOLIDWORKS,
this PCB file has been saved as a STEP file
instead of a SOLIDWORKS file.
You can download the files from the Exercise Files provided.
And the first one is called
01_01_importPCB.STEP
Save this STEP file to your own computer.
And it's probably going to be helpful
if you create a new project folder
somewhere on your computer,
where we can keep everything that we're going to create
all organized together in one place.
To use these STEP files is very easy
and we'll cover that more as we get into the course.