Introduction to SOLIDWORKS

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

Lesson 1 - Parts - Overview

• Setting up a new part document

• Creating the base feature

• Adding a boss feature

• Creating a cut feature

• Adding fillets

• Adding a shell feature

• Editing features

• Completed Part

Lesson 2 - Assembly - Overview

Adding parts to an assembly 

Moving and rotating components in an assembly 

Creating display states in an assembly 

Lesson 3 - Drawing - Overview

• Opening a drawing template and editing a sheet format 

• Inserting standard views of a part model 

• Adding model and reference annotations 

• Adding another drawing sheet 

• Inserting a named view 

• Printing the drawing 

• Adding different fillet types: 

  • Face 

  • Constant radius 

  • Variable radius 

• Using mirroring to assure symmetry 

• Applying a library feature 

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

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

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