Designing Sheet Metal Parts with Tab and Slots

If an assembly has parts connected with a Tab and Slot feature in SOLIDWORKS, the slot can be propagated to other corresponding parts

These features can be useful for locating parts in an assembly, much like slots can A tab on an interior part simply slides into a notch on a

solidworks slot I draw the parts in an assembly, using a top down design style I'll create one part first, draw the second part that will tab into it in an

solidworks slot callout Steel design seems to be moving in the direction of self-fixturing where the weldment or assembly components will align with each other In 2018, Solidworks