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SolidWorks

Part modeling

Assembly modeling

2D drawing

SolidWorks LayoutPull down menu View orientation, 2D and 3D

Principal planes

View toolbar

Sketch toolbar

Standard menu

Right click on any principal plane icon

SolidWorks Layout - Views

Two dimensional orthographic views

Front Right side Top

3D isometric view

View perpendicular to a selected plane

Zoom to fit

Previous view

Standard Orthographic views and 3D views

Pan

Rotate

Zoom window

Dynamic zoom

3D View Options

Wireframe

Hidden Lines Visible

Hidden Lines Removed

Shaded View

Provides shadow in shaded mode

SolidWorks Sketch Commands

Grid/Snap

Drawing tools

Modifying tools

2D Sketch Enter/Exit

3D Sketch

SolidWorks Sketch Commands

Importing an image into the sketch environment

Spline outlining the product

SolidWorks Sketch Commands

Project entities into a new sketch plane for reference

Projected entities

Fillet

Chamfer

MoveRotate

Rectangular Array Circular

Array

Mirror

Offset

Split entities

SolidWorks Sketch Commands

Locates the intersection of two planes and turns it into a sketch curve

Plane 1

Plane 2

Allows you to extract a curve for other applications, not active in sketch mode.

3D curve

Constraints

Two curved entities

Two straight entities

Apply constraints (relations) to entities. Select entities and then select the desired constraint

Selection window

Select