SolidWorks
Part modeling
Assembly
modeling
2D drawing
SolidWorks Layout
Pull down menu View orientation, 2D and 3D
Standard
menu
View toolbar
Principal
planes
Right click Sketch
on any toolbar
principal
plane icon
SolidWorks Layout - Views
Front Right side Top View perpendicular
to a selected plane
Two dimensional orthographic views 3D isometric
view
Standard
Orthographic views Zoom to fit Dynamic zoom Rotate
and 3D views
Pan
Zoom window
Previous view
3D View Options
Hidden Lines Visible
Shaded View
Provides shadow
in shaded mode
Wireframe
Hidden Lines
Removed
SolidWorks Sketch Commands
2D Sketch
Enter/Exit
Grid/Snap
3D Sketch
Drawing
tools
Modifying
tools
SolidWorks Sketch Commands
Importing an image
into the sketch
environment
Spline outlining
the product
SolidWorks Sketch Commands
Project entities into
a new sketch plane Chamfer
for reference Fillet Offset
Mirror
Split
entities
Projected entities
Move Rectangular
Rotate Array Circular
Array
SolidWorks Sketch Commands
Allows you to extract a curve for
Locates the intersection of two planes other applications, not active in
and turns it into a sketch curve sketch mode.
Plane 1
Plane 2
3D curve
Select Constraints
Two curved entities
Apply constraints (relations) to entities. Select
entities and then select the desired constraint
Selection window
Two straight entities