KRISHNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE , GHAZIABAD

A TRAINING PRESENTATION

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FUFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS

FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
( MECHANICAL ENGINEERING )

SUBMITTED BY
NAME : AJAY VISHWAKARMA
ROLL NO : 1516140015

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

KRISHNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE
GHAZIABAD ( U. P. )
SOLIDWORKS:
Basics and Modeling Fundamentals
 SolidWorks is a 3D solid modeling package
which allows users to develop full solid
models in a simulated environment for both
design and analysis.

 In SolidWorks, you sketch ideas and

experiment with different designs to create
3D models.
SolidWorks

 SolidWorks is used by students, designers,

engineers, and other professionals to
produce simple and complex parts,
assemblies, and drawings.

 Designing in a modeling package such as

SolidWorks is beneficial because it saves
time, effort, and money that would otherwise
be spent prototyping the design.
SolidWorks Components - PARTS
Before we begin looking at the software, it is important
to understand the different components that make
up a SolidWorks model.

The first, and most basic element of a SolidWorks model is

a Part.

Parts consist of primitive geometry and features such as

extrudes, revolutions, lofts, sweeps, etc.

Parts will be the building blocks for all of the models that
you will create
SolidWorks Components - Assemblies

 The second component is the assembly.

Assemblies are collections of parts which are
assembled in a particular fashion using
mates (constraints).

 Any complex model will usually consist of

one, or many assemblies.
SolidWorks Components - DRAWINGS

 The third, and final component in

SolidWorks is the Drawing.

 A drawing is the typical way to represent a

3D model such that any engineer (or
manufacturer) can recreate your part.

 Drawings are important because they provide

a standard way of sharing your design.
SolidWorks – Let’s Begin
 By default, no file is opened
automatically when you
start the program.

 To create a new file, click

on File > New or click the
New File icon in the main
toolbar.

 This will open the New

SolidWorks Document
wizard.
SolidWorks Tour
SolidWorks Tour

 Let’s begin by creating

a new part. To do this,
click on Part, then OK
 Once you do this, you
will be brought into the
modeling view which
should open several
toolbars and panels
SolidWorks Tour

 The next important feature of the interface is

the dynamic Toolbar

 The dynamic Toolbar provides access to the

most relevant, and frequently use commands
in SolidWorks
SolidWorks Exercise

Now that we have explored the interface of

SolidWorks, lets create a simple part step-by-
step.

For now, we are only going to concern

ourselves with one type of feature: Extruded
Boss/Base.
SolidWorks Exercise – What is Extrude?

Extrude – When you take a 2D

area and push the design
out into another dimension.
A 2D area, for example, can
be made into a 3D volume
by extruding it out a specific
distance, d.

You can extrude to make a

SOLID or you can extrude
to make a CUT
SolidWorks Exercise
There are MANY ways to EXTRUDE a surface
We could make this
rectangle and EXTRUDE it
DOWN or UP

You could EXTRUDE this

rectangle and pull it to
the left or right

Let’s begin. Choose FILE, then NEW PART

SolidWorks Exercise
In feature manager, RIGHT CLICK on PART1,
then choose DOCUMENT PROPERTIES.
Always remember to do this FIRST when
making a new part.

Click on UNITS, then

choose IPS for
inches.
Then choose OK
SolidWorks Exercise

Let’s begin by selecting

EXTRUDED Boss Base
You should notice that your tab will change to
property manager asking you to select a plane from
the view.
SolidWorks Exercise
Go ahead and select the
horizontal plane shown.

You should notice several things happen.

1. You switch to feature manager
2. You have “sketch” buttons on the dynamic toolbar
3. You view below is shown as TOP VIEW! You are
looking down on top of the part.
SolidWorks Exercise
Click on Rectangle. You
should see your cursor
change to a rectangle with a
pencil which means you are
sketching.

Make a rectangle by dragging the

mouse from one corner of the
screen to the other. The size
does not matter at this point.

Click the GREEN CHECK in

FEATURE MANAGER when
complete.
SolidWorks Exercise

If you hit escape, it will get you

out of the rectangle TOOL
and back to a normal
cursor.

We need DIMENSIONS to our

rectangle however.

At the bottom right of your screen you will see the figure above.
Obviously, we are in the middle of our sketch but it also says, “Under
Defined”. This means that there are parts of the sketch that are not
defined according to location.
SolidWorks Exercise

You can add relations by

clicking on a line, turns
green.

Line properties will appear and

you can click on the
VERTICAL button on the
ADD RELATIONS windows
to constrain the line to just
the vertical direction.
SolidWorks Exercise

Click on the RIGHT vertical line, then hold down

the CTRL button. Click the left vertical line. You
should see a list of available relations that you
can add to BOTH line. Let’s choose EQUAL and
VERTICAL. Click the green check when finished.

Do the same thing for the top and bottom

horizontal line, except add a horizontal relation.
SolidWorks Exercise
Now we want to add specific
dimensions to our drawing. Choose
SMART DIMENSION on the
dynamic toolbar.

Click the bottom horizontal line of

our rectangle and drag the
dimension down.

You can change the length of the line by using the slider bar or you can
simply enter in 3 inches in the box shown. Enter the value 3 then click
the green check. If the box is way too big or small, press “f” on the
keyboard to fit.
 SolidWorks Exercise
Now using Smart
Dimension again lets
dimension the left
vertical line..

Modify the Length to be

0.125 units as shown in Hit “f” on the keyboard to view the design
the original drawing. better
SolidWorks Exercise
Notice that after you added relations
and added dimensions the design color
turned black. This means it is FULLY
DEFINED. ONLY after seeing this can
we then EXTRUDE.

Click in the top right corner to

If you hit EXTRUDE earlier, the part will
EXIT the SKETCH.
automatically become 3D. If not, click on the
part in feature manager then click
EXTRUDE BOSS/BASE at the top.
SolidWorks Exercise
After EXTRUDE was chose, the PROPERTY
MANAGER should have opened. In the BOX,
“D1” it is asking for a width distance. Since the
width and thickness are the same we will enter
0.125 in. Click the green check to finish and
view the finished part.
SolidWorks Exercise

 To ZOOM you can use the mouse wheel or

hit the Shift button and move mouse
 To ROTATE, press in the mouse wheel and
hold.
 To PAN you use the Ctrl button and move
mouse
Drawings in Solidworks

Fortunately, SolidWorks makes it very easy for

us to create drawings from a part or
assembly file.

In fact, if built properly, SolidWorks will also

dimension the entire part and assembly for
us…that saves a lot of time!
Drawings in Solidworks
Once we open or finish the part, we choose
“make drawing from part” from the file menu
at the top which will automatically create a
drawing file from our part:
Let’s do this! If it asks
you to save then save
your file.
Drawings in Solidworks
This will open the Sheet Properties window:
Drawings in Solidworks
Open up the palette on the RIGHT
side menu

Click and HOLD the view you want

and drag it into the drawing field.

Choose the FRONT view and drag it

to the bottom right of the drawing
field.
Drawings in Solidworks
As soon as the front view is in position
move the mouse UPWARD. You will
see another design, this is actually the
TOP view. Click to place the top view
then return to the front view and move
the mouse sideways. Repeat, then go
diagonal.

Click the green check when finished.

Drawings in Solidworks

You should now see 4 views (front, top, side, & isometric).
Drawings in Solidworks
Save the drawing,
then print it out.
Write your name in
the title block in the
bottom right.