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