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INTRODUCTION TO SOLIDWORKS

TOPIC LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Comprehensives understanding of the SOLIDWORKS.
2. Familiarize with the SOLIDWORKS User Interface.
3. Aptitude to utilize basic functionality of SOLIDWORKS.
ACTIVITY OBJECTIVES:
1. To define about SOLIDWORKS
2. To familiarize with the user interface of SOLIDWORKS
3. To understand basic functionality of SOLIDWORKS
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Computer Hardware
2. SOLIDWORKS Software
DISCUSION:
SOLIDWORKS
SOLIDWORKS, a Dassault Systèmes brand, is a world leader in 3D solutions that
help millions of engineers and designers succeed through innovation. Our products
deliver an intuitive experience in product design, simulation, publishing, data
management, and environmental impact assessment.
Basic functionality
1. A SOLIDWORKS model consists of 3D solid geometry in a part or assembly
document.
2. Drawings are created from models, or by drafting views in a drawing document.
3. Typically, it begins with a sketch, create a base feature, and then add more features to
the model. (You can also begin with an imported surface or solid geometry.)
4. The design can be refined by adding, editing, or reordering features.
5. Associativity between parts, assemblies, and drawings assures that changes made to
one document or view are automatically made to all other documents and views.
6. Capability to generate drawings or assemblies at any time in the design process.
7. The SOLIDWORKS software saves your work for you with auto-recover.

Welcome Dialog Box

This will provide a way to open documents, view folders, access SOLIDWORKS
resources, and stay updated on SOLIDWORKS news.
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 Home Tab
This will help you open new and existing documents, view recent documents and
folders, and access SOLIDWORKS resources.
 Recent Tab
This will help you view a list of recent documents and folders.
 Learn Tab
This will help you access instructional resources to help you learn more about the
SOLIDWORKS software.
 Alert Tab
This will provide important SOLIDWORKS news.

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1. Menu Bar
2. Manager Pane
3. Command Manager
4. Status Bar
5. Heads-up View Toolbar
6. Task Pane
7. Graphics Area
8. SOLIDWORKS Search
9. SOLIDWORKS Help

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Menu Bar
It contains the SOLIDWORKS menus, a set of Quick Access tools, the
SOLIDWORKS search and the Help option.

 Welcome to SOLIDWORKS
Opens the Welcome dialog.
 New
Creates a new document.
 Open
Opens an existing document.
 Save
Saves the active document.
 Print
Display the print dialog box.
 Undo
Reverses the last action.
 Select
Selects sketch entities, edges, components etc.
 Rebuild
Rebuilds the features that have changed in a model since last rebuild.
 File Properties
Shows the summary information of the active document.
 Option
Changes options settings for Solidworks.

CommandManager
It is context-sensitive toolbar that dynamically updates based on the toolbar you
want to access.

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Manager Pane
It is means to create, select, and view multiple configurations of parts and
assemblies in a document.

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1. FeatureManager
makes selection and filtering operations simple, and provides access to many
folders and tools that are useful when working with models.

 Metadata folders
a full-featured data management solution for organizations large and
small. 

 Reference Geometry
You can use reference geometry in the creation of several kinds of
features.

 Features
Features toolbar.

 Freeze Bar
Controls the point at which a part's Feature Manager design tree rebuilds.

 Rollback Bar
to temporarily roll back to an earlier state, to absorbed features, roll
forward, roll to previous, or roll to the end of the Feature Manager design
tree.

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2. PropertyManager
Means to set properties and other options for many SOLIDWORKS commands.
3. ConfigurationManager
a means to create, select, and view multiple configurations of parts and assemblies
in a document.
4. DimXpertManager
are used add details to the model for fabrication by adding tolerance features and
associated 3D annotations.
5. DisplayManager
 Lists the appearances, decals, lights, scene, and cameras applied to the current
model.
6. Display Pane Splitter
You can display any combination of: Feature Manager design tree
Property Manager, Configuration Manager.

7. Hide/Show
Controls the visibility of all types.

8. Display Mode
Used to showcase a part/component differently within one model/assembly.

9. Appearances
The appearances applied to the current model.

10. Transparency
Multibody parts and components that display in Shaded or Shaded with Edges
modes change from opaque to transparent.

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Status Bar
It provides information related to the function that you are performing.

 An icon   for accessing the Reload dialog box when you use
collaboration options.
 Unit System  , which shows the unit system for the active
document in the status bar and lets you change or customize the unit
system.
 An icon   to display or hide the Tags box, used to add keywords to
features and parts to aid in searching.

Heads-up View Toolbar

A transparent toolbar in each viewport provides all the common tools required for
manipulating the view.

1. Zoom to Fit
Zooms in or out so you can see the entire model, assembly, or drawing sheet.
2. Zoom to Area
Zooms in to an area that you select by dragging a bounding box.
3. Previous View
After moving your model to one or more views, you can return your model or
drawing to a previous view. You can undo the last 10 view changes.
4. Section View
a part or assembly document, the model is displayed as if cut by planes and
faces that you specify, to show the internal construction of the model.
5. Dynamic annotation views
You can control how annotations are displayed when you rotate models.
6. View Orientation
Display a dialog box where you can change the view orientation or number of
viewports.
7. Display Style
You can set options for the default display of edges in all drawing documents.
8. Hide all types
Controls the visibility of all types.

9. Edit Appearance
Change an appearance by assigning a predefined appearance or by using

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the Appearance Property Manager to edit appearance properties.

10. Apply Scene

Displays a flyout where you can select a visual backdrop for your model.

11. View Settings

To set the default view rotation

Task Pane
This provides access to SOLIDWORKS resources, libraries of reusable design
elements, views to drag onto drawing sheets, and other useful items and information.

1. SOLIDWORKS Resources
Opens the welcome dialog.
2. Design Library
Subfolders populated by SOLIDWORKS with reusable items such as parts,
blocks, and annotations. You can add folders and content.
3. File Explorer
Duplicates File Explorer from your local computer and displays the recent
documents and open in solidworks.
4. View Palette
To quickly insert one or more predefined views to the drawing.
5. Appearances, Scenes, and Decals
Appearances-defines the visual properties of a model, including color and
texture.
Scenes- provide a visual backdrop behind a model.
Decals- is a 2D image applied to a model.

6. Custom Properties
custom and configuration-specific properties into SOLIDWORKS files.

7. SOLIDWORKS Forum it displays the most recent forum posts.

Graphics Area

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The graphics area displays and lets you manipulate parts, assemblies, and
drawings.

1. Reference Triad
used to change the view orientation. h

2. Selection Breadcrumbs
 a context-based view of the current selection.

3. Triad
Manipulating various objects such as 3D sketch entities, parts, certain
features, and components in assemblies.

4. Origin
Appears in blue and represents the (0,0,0) coordinate of the model.

5. Callout help you easily distinguish between different entities.

6. Shaded Previews help you visualize features that you create.

 

7. Viewports
view models through one, two, or four viewports.

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SOLIDWORKS Search
This is used to find information in documentation and forums.

SOLIDWORKS Help
If you have questions, while you use SOLIDWORKS, you can find answers in
many ways.

Mouse Buttons

 Left Mouse Button

Used to select.

 Right Mouse Button

right-dragging in the graphics area to access a preassigned tool or macro from
a drawing, part, assembly, or sketch
 Middle Mouse Button
Use to rotate the view, pan, zoom in/ out

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COMMANDS:
PART MODEL
1. Line
2. Circle
3. Smart Dimension
4. Extrude
DRAWING
1. Model View
2. Smart Dimension
3. Note
4. Section View

DESCRIPTION:
Kindly create part of model of the figure shown below and plot in a drawing showing
third angle of projection. (Top View, Front View, Right Side View, and Isometric View).
1. INCLINED SUPPORT
Thickness 0.5”

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PROCEDURE:

PART MODEL: INCLINED SUPPORT

STEP 1: First click the welcome to solid works then click part icon

STEP 2: Before starting at the bottom right corner check if the unit system is IPS, according to
the direction given.

STEP 3: Choose what best for you to start on, for me i started on front plane.

DRAWING: INCLINED SUPPORT

STEP 1: Select line and then sketching out the inclined support.

STEP 2: After sketching out then use the smart dimension to check or adjust the given
dimension, measurement to insure if it is correct or not

STEP 3: Right after that check every line for the relation to avoid errors

STEP 4: Sketch the circle right in the middle, pick a point then we are going to locate it in X and
Y, then specify the diameter of the circle. You can check the diameter using the smart
dimension.

STEP 5: After that extrude and see the drawing output.

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OUTPUT:
See drawing output on next page.

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QUESTION:
Put a red box to the selected answer.
1. The _______ allows you to interrogate your existing model to ensure you are designing
correctly for it.
A. Evaluate Command
B. Measure Command
C. Edit Command
D. Sketch Command
2. Which navigational section has all the individual features and sketches, as well as other
items you will need, to create a model?

A. The MySolid Feature

B. The Feature Manager
C. The Drawing Tab
D. The Flyout on the right side
3. Where in the Heads-Up toolbar should you turn off features while working on a model?

A. Edit Appearance
B. View Settings
C. Display Style
D. Scene

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4. Karl created a new template in a folder named Logipart. However, when he tried to create
a new file, he did not see the tab for Logipart. What is the likely cause?

A. He did not create a path inside of SolidWORKS, so it knew where to find template
Logipart
B. He needed to place the Logipart template in the part folder
C. He forgot to save the template
D. He needed to choose Display Templates as a system option.
5. Which tool would you most likely use to rename a file, and have all references to it
change as well??
A. Excel
B. SOLIDWORKS Explorer
C. Treehouse
D. Explorer

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