The Master Model Technique in SolidWorks [Webcast] 

I have been using all manner of 3d cad for 20 years apparently wrong. This video blew my mind. Since starting to use master modeling techniques in the past few months my designs have gotten much more robust. Thanks for the great video!

Good tutorial. What this misses out on is that in your master file (surface) part you can create a master file that also contains planes, axis, points, surfaces etc and copy the lot into every file. You are then effectively creating a skeleton assembly much like you would in other programs such as PTC Creo etc. This is a very powerful technique and used heavily by professionals

Another fine modeling tutorial. Well done!

thank you for sharing your knowledge. nothing is better than soliworks.

What are the advantages or disadvantages to using a surface master model versus a solid master model? If you have to split parts to create more bodies the solid master model, wouldn't that cause instability in the derived parts that you created before the extra split?

Great job!!!! Thanks!!!