"SOLIDWORKS is used by millions of designers and engineers at hundreds of thousands of companies. It’s one of the most popular design and engineering software on the market. Known for its range of features and high functionality, SOLIDWORKS is used across multiple professions and industries around the world.  SOLIDWORKS uses parametric design, which is why it’s such an effective tool for designers and engineers. This means that the designer can see how changes will affect its neighboring components, or even the overall solution. For example, if the size of a single component is increased, this would affect the joint or hole it’s attached to. This allows designers to spot and correct issues quickly and easily "

In this lesson, you learn how to build the sample part used in the Fillet Features tutorial. You can capture the symmetry of a knob in the design intent of the part. You build one half of the sample part in this lesson, then in the Fillet Features lesson, you mirror the model to create the other half. Any changes you make to the original half are reflected in the other half.

The steps include:

• Using relations in sketches

• Adding draft angles to extruded features

Sweep

Revolve and Sweep Features

In this lesson, you create the candlestick shown below. This lesson demonstrates:

• Creating a revolve feature

• Creating a sweep feature

• Creating an extruded cut feature with a draft angle

Sweep Product

Pattern

Pattern Features

In this lesson, you learn how to create a linear pattern and a circular pattern. A linear pattern is a one- or two-dimensional array of features. A circular pattern is a circular array of features.

The steps include:

• Creating an oblong cut

• Creating a linear pattern

• Creating a circular pattern

• Using an equation to drive the circular pattern

Pattern Product

Lofts

Loft Features

In this lesson, you create this hammer head using loft features.

A loft is a base, boss, or cut created by connecting multiple cross sections, or profiles.

This lesson demonstrates the following:

• Creating planes

• Sketching, copying, and pasting the profiles

• Creating a solid by connecting the profiles (lofting)

• Adding a flex feature to bend the model

Loft Product

Mouse Gestures

3D Sketching

3D Sketching

Using SOLIDWORKS, you can create 3D sketches. You use a 3D sketch as a sweep path, as a guide curve for a sweep or loft, as a centerline for a loft, or as one of the key entities in a routing system. A useful application of 3D sketching is designing routing systems.

This lesson introduces you to 3D sketching and describes the following concepts:

• Sketching relative to coordinate systems

• Dimensioning in 3D space

• Mirroring features

Letters