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Round a rib's top off completely: a full round fillet, as on a moulded part. The face facing `face` ("+z", ...) through the point (x, y, z) is the top; the two opposite flat side faces along it that lie closest together are the sides, so the round runs across the rib, not along it. The radius is half their distance (width_mm in the result) and follows the rib. Hand calculation: a rib w wide and L long loses L w^2 (1/2 - pi/8).

Cut a circular through-hole at (x_mm, y_mm), through the part's depth axis. The hole runs straight through the thickness (the add_box extrude direction), perpendicular to the width x height profile face. Coordinates share add_box's system (the centre of a 40x20 profile is x=20, y=10). Returns mass properties.

Drill a round hole on ANY planar face, centred at 3D point (x, y, z) mm. face is "+x"/"-x"/"+y"/"-y"/"+z"/"-z": the face facing that way through the point is drilled, so a pocket floor or a step works too. Through all, or depth_mm deep (blind: heat-set inserts, screw pilots). Returns mass properties and `dimensions` (diameter, x, y, depth).

An ISO hole from SolidWorks' Hole Wizard, sized by its standard tables. kind: 'clearance' (ISO 273), 'counterbore' (socket head cap screw), 'countersink' (socket countersunk screw) or 'tapped'; size e.g. 'M3'. Centred at (x, y, z) mm on the face through that point; through all, or depth_mm deep. fit: 'close' / 'normal' / 'loose'. For tapped holes thread='modeled' cuts a real, printable ISO thread instead of SolidWorks' cosmetic one. Returns the standard's sizes in `hole` and mass properties.

Repeat a feature `count` times, `spacing_mm` apart, along a direction. direction: "+x"/"-x"/"+y"/... feature_name: the feature to repeat (e.g. "Hole"); defaults to the most recently added feature. Returns mass properties.

Loft (blend) 2+ closed profiles on parallel planes stacked along +Z. profiles_mm: per profile a polygon [[x,y],…] (mm) in Front-plane coords, or a round section {"center_mm": [x, y], "diameter_mm": d} (thick at the knee, thin at the foot, centres free to wander). heights_mm = the +Z offset (mm) of each profile, same length, strictly increasing, starting at 0. A 2-profile loft is a ruled transition; 3+ blend smoothly. Each profile starts at its first vertex (a round one on +x): give polygons in a consistent vertex order to avoid twist. Returns mass properties. Use new_part first.

Mate a face of one component to a face of another. comp_a/comp_b are component names ('Bed' or 'Bed-1'; 'Leg-1/Thigh-1' inside a sub-assembly). face_a/face_b select a face in that component's OWN frame: by direction "+x"/"-x"/"+y"/... (optionally "+y:inner" for the cavity side of a hollow part), by its list_faces(component=...) index, "#5", or by a point on it, "@x,y,z" (a hole's wall: its centre plus the radius along x). mate_type between planar faces: "coincident", "distance" (distance_mm), "parallel", "perpendicular" or "angle" (angle_deg between the faces' normals, 0..180); "concentric" b…

Mirror features, or the whole body, about the 'front'/'top'/'right' plane moved offset_mm. Mirrors about z / y / x = offset_mm; plane may also name another plane in the part ('Plane1'), moved offset_mm along its normal. features: list_features names; the copies follow their seeds. Without features the body is mirrored and merged: model half of a symmetric part, mirror it about the face where the halves meet. The plane position comes back as dimension 'plane_offset'. Fails, leaving the part as it was, when a copy would land outside the part.

Make a reference plane to sketch on: an offset or a turned plane, its position a dimension. base moved offset_mm along its normal (base: front/top/right or a plane by name), or a default plane turned angle_deg about a model axis it holds, about='x'/'y'/'z' (front holds x and y, top x and z, right y and z), by the right-hand rule. For both, turn first, then offset that plane. Returns its name for plane= arguments, and origin_mm, normal, x_axis and y_axis: a point (u, v) on it is origin + u x_axis + v y_axis.

Revolve a closed profile on the Front plane about an axis in it. Without axis_mm: profile_mm = [[r, z], …] in mm, r = distance from the Y axis, z = position along it. With axis_mm = [[x1, y1], [x2, y2]]: profile_mm gives [x, y] points and the axis is the line through those two points, anywhere and at any angle (a hub turned about its own centre). Auto-closed and spun angle_deg (default 360°). Points on the axis give a solid (shafts, vases); a profile away from it gives a ring. The profile may not cross the axis. corner_radii_mm rounds corners as for add_extruded_profile (not those on the axis…

Add a straight stiffening rib / gusset in a plane parallel to the Front plane. start_mm/end_mm = [x, y] ends of the rib's free edge (add_extruded_profile coordinates); the plane sits at height z_mm. The rib grows toward toward_mm (any [x, y] point on the side to fill, e.g. the inner corner of an L-bracket) until it meets the part, thickness_mm thick, centred on the plane. Returns mass properties: a triangular gusset with legs a and b adds a*b/2 * thickness.

Hollow the current part to a wall of thickness_mm, opening one face. open_face: a direction "+z"/"-z"/"+x"/... removes that planar face (open shell); "none" makes a closed hollow. Returns the resulting mass properties.

Draw a sketch of lines, arcs and splines on a plane, fully defined, to extrude or cut. plane: "front", "top", "right" or a plane by name (add_plane). Points are [u, v] in the plane's own axes, which the result gives (origin_mm + u x_axis + v y_axis): front is (x, y), top (x, -z), right (-z, y). The outline starts at start_mm; each segment runs on from where the last ended: {"line": [u, v]}; {"arc": [u, v], "through": [u, v]} (an arc through a middle point); {"arc": [u, v], "tangent": true} (an arc flowing on from the segment before); {"spline": [[u, v], ..., [u, v]]} (through the points, endi…

Sweep a circular profile (pipe/tube/rod) along a 2D path on the Front plane. path_mm = [[x, y], …] in mm is the centreline. Interior corners are rounded with bend_radius_mm (required when the path turns; a 2-point straight path needs none); smooth=True runs a spline through the points instead, a flowing curve. diameter_mm = outer Ø; the round profile is auto-generated perpendicular to the path. Returns mass properties (pi r^2 x path_length_mm). Use new_part first.

Sweep an arbitrary closed PROFILE (cross-section) along a 2D PATH. profile_mm = [[u,v],…] in mm: the closed cross-section on the Right plane (u → world -Z, v → world +Y), centred near the origin. path_mm = [[x,y],…] in mm on the Front plane — MUST start at the origin heading +X (the profile is perpendicular to the path there). Path corners are rounded with bend_radius_mm; corner_radii_mm rounds the profile's corners as for add_extruded_profile. Volume = profile_area · path_length. For non-round extrusions along a path (rails, gaskets, trim, channels). Returns mass properties. Use new_part fir…

Engrave text into ANY planar face, or emboss it with emboss=True (labels, version numbers). (x, y, z) is the text's lower-left corner on the face; the text runs along the face sketch's horizontal axis: upright along +x on the top (+z) and front (-y) faces, turned on the others (vertical on +/-x, upside down on +y), so put labels on the top or front. height_mm is the character height, depth_mm the engraving depth or embossing height. The position is two dimensions ('x', 'y'); font must be installed (default: SolidWorks' own). Returns text_area_mm2, since letters have no hand calculation.

Cut a real, printable ISO metric thread (SolidWorks' own Thread feature). size: e.g. 'M10x1.5', 'M3x0.5', 'M10x1.0' -- checked against SolidWorks' thread profiles. (x_mm, y_mm, z_mm) = centre of the circular edge where the thread starts: the end face of a rod, or the mouth of a hole (internal=True). It runs length_mm into the material, right-handed. External: the rod must have the nominal diameter (M10 -> Ø10). Internal: drill the ISO basic minor diameter first, D - 1.0825*P (M10x1.5 -> Ø8.376). Returns mass properties and the thread's size, pitch and diameters.

Report component pairs whose solids overlap, with the volume in mm^3. Touching faces do not count (a bed standing on the floor is fine); only real overlapping material does. count == 0 means the assembly is clash-free.

Step a joint through its range and check the assembly at every step. dimension_name: an angle or distance mate's dimension (add_mate returns it); values in degrees for an angle, mm for a distance, e.g. [30, 60, 90, 120, 150]. Each step gives the overlapping pairs with their volume and the distance between each pair in distances ([["Rod", "Bolt"], ...]); the summary gives clash_free and each pair's smallest distance with the value where it occurs. The dimension goes back to its value afterwards. A joint inside a sub-assembly is 'D1@Angle1@Leg-1'. Refused while a mate is broken: the parts it sh…

Check the current part for 3D printing, built along `up` ('+z', '-y', ...). Overhangs: downward faces leaning more than overhang_deg from vertical (90 = a flat ceiling) need support; the faces on the bed do not count. Gives the overhanging area per face (list_faces index) with its worst lean and centre, the bed contact area and the print height. With min_wall_mm (e.g. two nozzle widths) also the walls thinner than that, measured straight through the material from points spread over every face, with where each is thinnest. A spot right beside an edge where faces meet at a sharp angle reads as …

Close the current part or assembly without saving (export/save first if needed). With no current document it closes SolidWorks' active one, but only when that has no unsaved changes.

Combine solid bodies of the part into `main` (a list_bodies name). operation 'add' joins the tools to main, 'subtract' cuts them out of it, 'common' keeps only what main shares with them. tools: body names, every other body by default. Returns mass properties and the bodies left.

Compare the current part's cross-sections with a reference mesh's at the same heights. offset_mm [dx, dy, dz] moves the mesh into the part's frame. A different area means a misread feature; equal areas with different extents a shifted frame. Returns per-section pairs and the worst differences.

Pocket a planar face, leaving a rim rim_mm wide along its outline. The recessed web of an I-beam that follows a curved link, a tray, or a frame (depth_mm omitted: through all). The face is the one facing `face` ('+z', ...) through the point (x, y, z). The rim follows the outline, arcs and splines included; holes in the face stay holes. rim and depth come back as dimensions, and the pocket follows the outline when it changes. Returns mass properties.

Cut a polygonal pocket/slot from the +Z face: points_mm = [[x,y], ...] in mm. Auto-closed polygon, cut blind by depth_mm or all the way through when depth_mm is omitted. For pockets, slots, cutouts. corner_radii_mm rounds the corners and rotate_deg turns the profile about about_mm, as for add_extruded_profile (notches at +/-60 degrees around a pivot). Returns mass properties.

Cut a polygon pocket/slot on ANY planar face: points_mm = [[x,y,z], ...] in mm. The 3D points must lie on one face facing `face` ("+x"/"-x"/...), which is found through them; cut blind by depth_mm or through when omitted. For side pockets/cutouts. corner_radii_mm rounds the corners as for add_extruded_profile. Returns mass properties.

Cut a polygon sketched on a reference plane, symmetric about that plane. plane: 'front' (z = 0), 'top' (y = 0), 'right' (x = 0) or the name of another plane in the part ('Plane1'); points_mm = 3D [x, y, z] points ON that plane (e.g. x = 0 for 'right'). Cuts through all in both directions (depth_mm omitted) or depth_mm in total, centred on the plane. For shapes seen from the side: wedges, windows, symmetric recesses. corner_radii_mm rounds the corners as for add_extruded_profile. keep_inside=True cuts away everything OUTSIDE the profile (through all): extrude the front view, cut the side view …

Cut an existing sketch of the current part by name into the body. depth_mm deep, or through all when depth_mm is omitted, against the sketch's normal: into the part from a face. From a plane with the part in front of it (a box on the Front plane) give reverse=True. Returns mass properties.

Cut a straight slotted hole (obround) on the +Z face. Centred at (x_mm, y_mm); length_mm is centre-to-centre of the rounded ends, width_mm the slot width, angle_deg its orientation in the +Z plane (0 = +X). Cut blind by depth_mm or through when omitted. Returns mass properties.

Remove a component from the current assembly, with the mates that hold it. component: its name in list_components ("Bracket-1", or "Bracket" while there is one). Returns the mates deleted, the components left and the assembly's mass properties.

Delete an equation by the name it sets ("L_thigh", "D1@Boss") or its list_equations index. Rebuilds and returns what was deleted, failing_features and mass properties.

Delete a feature (a list_features name) with its sketch, then rebuild and remeasure. The way to undo a step. Refuses when other features are built on it and names them, and what is built on those; with_children=True deletes them all. dry_run=True only lists what would go (would_delete). Equations that named its dimensions break and come back as broken_equations; with_equations=True deletes them (global variables stay).

Delete a mate of the current assembly by name (list_components, or add_mate's 'mate'). Its components are free to move again. Returns the mates left.

Export the current part or assembly to STEP/STL/IGES/Parasolid/3MF (format from extension). Silent (no prompts). Verifies the file appears on disk and reports its size. For STL/3MF, tessellation resolution is set first: quality 'coarse'|'fine' (default 'fine' for print quality), or pass deviation_mm (+ optional angle_deg) for a reproducible custom resolution (overrides quality). Ignored for other formats. An assembly goes to STL as one file, or one file per component with per_component=True (SolidWorks names them); `files` lists what was written. STL/3MF keep the part's or assembly's own coor…

Extrude an existing sketch of the current part by name, e.g. one a person drew. depth_mm along the sketch's normal (reverse=True: the other way), merged with the body. Or up_to='next': up to the next face of the part, ending on its shape (a post into a curved wall) and following it when it changes; or up_to='@x,y,z': up to the face through that point, also where 'next' fails (a side of the profile on a face: the refusal names a point ahead). The sketch keeps its own dimensions and relations, so the person's design stays in charge; read_sketch shows it first. Returns mass properties.

Get the bounding box of the whole assembly (min/max/size in mm).

Get the tight bounding box of the current part (min/max/size in mm).

Get volume (mm^3), mass (kg), surface area (mm^2), centre of mass, and bounding box.

Report whether SolidWorks is reachable, its revision, this server's version, and the active/current part.

Insert a .sldprt, or a .sldasm as a sub-assembly, with its ORIGIN at (x, y, z) mm. The part's own origin lands exactly on that point, and the placement is read back and verified. fixed=True pins the component; fixed=False leaves it free for mates. The default fixes only the FIRST component, giving the assembly a ground to build against. Returns the component's name, placement and box.

List the part's solid bodies: name, volume and bounding box. A part holds several after merge=False or split_body; combine_bodies joins them again.

List the assembly's components (name, path, fixed, position, rotation, bounding box) and mates. Positions are in mm and rotations in degrees, both in assembly coordinates; the bounding box of each component is in assembly coordinates too. Each mate gives its name, SolidWorks type, the dimension of a distance or angle mate, and an error when SolidWorks flags it.

List every dimension in the current part: name (for set_dimension), feature, value, unit. For a part opened from disk, or when the names the tools returned are gone.

List the documents open in SolidWorks: title, path (empty until saved), type, unsaved changes. `current` marks the one the tools work on, `active` SolidWorks' own. Parts an open assembly loaded come along, with visible false.

List the part's edges: index, type, length, ends; lines also axis and midpoint. Narrow it on a big part: face (a list_faces index, "#5"), feature (the edges of the faces it made), within_mm ([[x1, y1, z1], [x2, y2, z2]]: both ends inside), min_length_mm. Indices are always those of the whole part: use them with add_fillet/add_chamfer edges="2,5".

List the equations and global variables: index, equation, name it sets, value, global. `broken` marks an equation that names a dimension or variable that is gone, as one left behind by delete_feature; delete_equation removes it. automatic_solve_order False means SolidWorks solves them as listed: one above the line that sets its variable then warns and lags a rebuild. Any set_equation turns it on.

List the part's faces (index, planar?, normal, area, centre) for inspection. A cylindrical face also gives its axis, radius and a point on the axis (for a hole: its centre), so hole patterns can be read off. component: a component of the current assembly, listed in its own frame (e.g. an imported servo); for a sub-assembly, every part's faces in the sub-assembly's frame, each naming its part. A part's indices shift as features are added; a component's are ordered by part, type, centre and area, so they stay while its shape does. add_mate takes them as '#5'.

List the current part's modelling history in tree order: name, type, suppressed. For a part opened from disk, or to find the step to undo. Flags features that fail to rebuild and names sketches that are not fully defined.

Make a 2D drawing of the current part: a PDF, or an editable .slddrw. Front, top and right views in European (first angle) projection plus an isometric view, on an A4 sheet at the scale SolidWorks picks, with the model's own dimensions, each shown once: a dimensioned sketch to print or send. Save the part first (save_part): the drawing refers to its file.

The smallest distance (mm) from a component to another one, a point or an axis. Give component_b; or point_mm = [x, y, z] in assembly mm, and the nearest point on the component comes back too, with inside: true when the point lies in its material; or axis_mm = [[x, y, z], [dx, dy, dz]], the endless line through that point along that direction, such as a bolt's axis. 0 means they touch or overlap; check_interference tells which. Sub-assemblies count with all their parts; one part inside is 'Leg-1/Thigh-1'.

Create a new empty assembly document; it becomes the current document. Assemblies compose saved parts: insert_component places each part, add_mate constrains them, check_interference proves nothing overlaps.

Create a new empty part document; it becomes the current part.

Open a .sldasm, or import a STEP/IGES/Parasolid assembly; it becomes the current document. An imported assembly's parts arrive as components at their places, ready for list_components and add_mate; the result gives the component count. A file holding a single part is refused (use open_part).

Open a .sldprt, or import a STEP/IGES/Parasolid file as a new part; it becomes the current part. list_features shows its history, list_dimensions its dimensions. An imported body has no history, but the tools work on it (holes and pockets on its faces, bosses, fillets); an import returns its solid body count and mass properties. A file holding an assembly is refused.

Read a sketch of the current part back, e.g. one a person drew (a list_features name). Gives its lines, arcs, circles and splines in MODEL coordinates (mm), construction geometry marked, its dimensions (for set_dimension) and whether it is fully defined: check a design against fixed points before building on it with extrude_sketch / cut_sketch.

Force a rebuild of the current part or assembly and report whether it rebuilt without errors. In an assembly, mate_errors names each mate SolidWorks flags, and each mate that lost a face or edge it used (it rebuilds fine, but holds nothing).

Move a feature (a list_features name), with its sketch, to just before another one; rebuild and remeasure. For a boss added last that filled holes cut earlier: build it at the end as usual, then move it before the first of those cuts, and they cut through it again. Refused, the part as it was, when the feature is built on something at or after that place. Returns the new order (features) and the features that fail to rebuild (failing_features).

Save the current assembly to a native .sldasm file (so it can be reopened).

Save the current part to a native .sldprt file (so it can be reopened/edited).

Save a screenshot of the current part or assembly (PNG/JPG/TIF). view: 'iso' (default), 'front', 'back', 'left', 'right', 'top' or 'bottom'; or from_dir = [x, y, z], the direction to look from, e.g. [-1, 1, -1] to see from behind and below what iso hides (the model's +y stays up). Zoomed to fit, or onto a detail: zoom_mm = [[x1, y1, z1], [x2, y2, z2]], the corners of the region to fill the image (model mm, in any view). Reference planes and axes are left out, so they do not cut through the shape; show_planes=True keeps them.

Colour and/or see-through of the current part, or of one component in an assembly. rgb: [r, g, b], 0..255 each; transparency: 0 solid .. 1 clear (0 makes a see-through component solid again). In an assembly, component names it ('Bracket-1', 'Leg-1/Thigh-1'); the colour then belongs to the assembly and the part keeps its own. What is left out stays as it was.

Move/rotate a component: its origin to (x, y, z) mm, rotated rx/ry/rz degrees. name is the component name ('Bed' or 'Bed-1'); rotations apply X, then Y, then Z about the assembly axes, and work on a fixed component too. The transform is read back and compared, so a move SolidWorks ignored (e.g. one already pinned by mates) fails loudly instead of silently leaving the part where it was.

Set a named driving dimension (e.g. 'D1@BlockExtrude') in mm, rebuild, and remeasure. This is the parametric edit at the heart of the correction loop. Every modelling tool returns its dimensions by role in `dimensions`. An angle (a revolve, an angle mate) takes degrees; list_dimensions shows the unit. A point's coordinate from the origin (a sketch's 'x3', 'y2') takes a sign, -5 being across the origin; any other length is a size, refused below 0. A value SolidWorks does not take (a dimension an equation drives, a size of 0) is refused with the reason, and the part is left as it was.

Add an equation, or replace the one that sets the same name; rebuild and remeasure. A SolidWorks equation string, e.g. '"D1@BlockExtrude" = 25' or '"D1@BlockExtrude" = 2 * "D1@Sketch1"'. A global variable is '"W" = 40'; link a dimension to it with '"width@Sketch1" = "W"', and set '"W" = 45' again to change it. Persists a relation (unlike set_dimension). Returns the index, whether it replaced one, the features that fail to rebuild (failing_features) and mass properties.

Add or replace a list of equations at once, with one rebuild at the end. As set_equation for each, in order (later ones may use earlier ones). A refused equation undoes the whole list. Returns per equation its index and whether it replaced one, failing_features and mass properties.

Assign a material by name (e.g. "6061 Alloy", "AISI 1020", "ABS"). Makes mass and density reflect a real material instead of the 1000 kg/m³ default. One SolidWorks does not have (say "TPU") comes with its density: density_kg_m3=1210 makes it, by that name, carrying only the density. Returns mass properties including density.

Cross-sections of an STL/3MF mesh at the given heights along axis 'x'/'y'/'z'. For modelling a part that must fit something that only exists as a mesh. Returns each section's closed loops, largest first, as polygon points (mm) ready to use as profiles. frame (3MF): 'object' (the mesh's own frame) or 'build' (as placed on the slicer's plate).

Split the part's body in two along a plane (front/top/right or a plane by name). The two bodies come back by name: combine them differently, or check each with list_bodies. Use add_plane first for a cut anywhere else.

Suppress a feature, or bring it back with suppress=False; rebuild and remeasure. Keeps the feature and its dimensions, unlike delete_feature, so it suits trying a variant. Features that depend on it follow both ways.

Suppress a mate so it stops holding its components (it stays in the tree), or bring it back. suppress=False brings it back. Returns whether it is suppressed now.

Outline what a component covers in a plane while a joint moves, to keep clear of it or cut it away. Steps the joint's dimension through values (as check_motion, e.g. every 5 degrees over 30..150), cuts the component at axis = each of heights_mm (a few heights inside a layer, not on its faces) and joins all of it, made margin_mm wider, within about tolerance_mm. frame: the component to give the coordinates in, such as the part to cut from; else the assembly's. Each region's outline runs counter-clockwise in the plane's other two axes, (x, y) across z: give it to add_sketch as a spline. count s…