- [Instructor] Our enclosure model
is going to be made up of three parts.
The top and the bottom of the enclosure,
and then the PCB itself.
So the best way to build this
is to use a SOLIDWORKS assembly.
To get this started, let's open the SOLIDWORKS PCB part
that we previously saved from the step file.
So, from within SOLIDWORKS, go up to File and click on Open,
and then go to the folder where you saved that part file.
We want to open the one that says SOLIDWORKS Part Document,
and there should be a small thumbnail
instead of a small icon.
So select that one and just press Open,
and now you should see your part document.
If you get any popups, like this,
you can just ignore those and click No.
So we want to use this part file to create a new assembly.
And the easiest way to do this
is just go up to File and click Make Assembly from Part.
If you're working
with a different version of SOLIDWORKS to me,
such as SOLIDWORKS 2020, then you may get
a new SOLIDWORKS document dialog box pop up here.
If so, then just press OK and your file should open,
as per the video.
And it looks like we're taken to an empty assembly,
but if you look down here, on the left,
you can actually see the PCB part file name.
So don't click anywhere in the graphics area.
Instead, just click this green okay tick
and that will insert that part, fixed to the origin.
So this means that it's fully defined
and it won't move around if we use it to create more parts.
And we can see it's fully defined.
If we left click and try to drag it,
it says, "The selected component is fixed.
"It cannot be moved."
And also, over here, on the left, in the parts tree,
we can see a small F in brackets before the file name,
which also indicates that it's fixed.
So before we go any further, we'll just save the assembly.
You can click on the Save icon
or you can just press Ctrl + S.
Save it again in your exercise folder.
And you can set the file name as anything you want,
maybe something like Enclosure Assembly.
It might also be worth adding the date
or something like that,
just to avoid having a file name that's too generic.
Because if you have more than one SOLIDWORKS file
with the same name
then it can cause issues in your assemblies.
So, once you're happy, just click Save.