Introduction to SOLIDWORKS
The Introduction to SOLIDWORKS lesson guides you through the creation of a part and a drawing. You create this part and drawing:
This lesson includes:
- Creating base, boss, and cut features from sketches
- Adding fillets to smooth edges
- Creating a circular pattern
- Adding drawing views
- Adding centerlines, center marks, and dimensions to the drawing
My First Part
For your first part, you create the pressure plate shown below. A part is a 3D model made up of features.
You begin this lesson by creating a new part.
- Click New
on the Standart toolbar.
If this is the first document you have created, the Units and Dimension Standard dialog box appears.
For Units, select MMGS(millimeter, gram, second)
For Dimension Standard select ANSI.
Click OKFor Dimension Standard select ANSI.
The New SOLIDWORKS Documentdialog box appears.
- Click Part.
- Click OK
A new part window appears.
When toolbar buttons have an orange border, for example
, you can click them in the tutorial window to flash the corresponding button in the SOLIDWORKS window.Sketching the Circle
The first feature in the part is a cylinder extruded from a sketched circular profile.
- Click Extrude Boss/ Base
on the Features Toolbar.
The Front, Top, and Right planes appear in the graphics area.
- Move the pointer over the Top plane to highlight it, then click to select it.
The display changes so that the plane is facing you. A sketch opens on the Top - Click Circle
on the Sketch toolbar. The Circle PropertyManager opens in the left pane.
- Move the pointer over the origin
The pointer changes to
. This indicates a coincident relation between the center of the circle and the origin. - Click to place the center point on the origin.
- Move the mouse and notice a preview of the circle dynamically follows the pointer.
- Click to finish the circle and click in the PropertyManager.
