Friday, February 6, 2015

SolidWorks BASIC Introduction

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Become familiar with the following terms.  The CommandManager contains most of the tools that you will need to create parts.  Sketch tools will be used in creating 2D sketches and Features tools will be used to create and modify 3D features.



The image below is from the text and it indicates the names of the various features that we will refer to during the upcoming lessons.  Be sure that you familiarize yourself with these terms and where they are located on the SolidWorks screen.




The image below will be the first thing you see after you press the icon indicated in the upper right corner of the initial screen.  I will post a series of links to videos that I have posted on YouTube showing all the proper steps to follow as indicated on the pages of the text that we are using in class.




SolidWorks Introduction Video


The information covered in the above video will take you to approximately page 7 in the text book.  While the next YouTube video will show you how to set some the program options and how to begin a sketch in SolidWorks 2014.


The information covered in this video Set Program options to begin sketch covers the material from page 8 in the text to about page 10.  It shows how to set some program options and how to begin a sketch in SolidWorks 2014.

Your first SolidWorks sketch    Drawing a circle on your first sketch  will show you how to change the grid that appears in the graphic area as you begin your sketch.  We will then choose a sketch tool and begin.  Two of the terms we will discuss in this YouTube video are "coincident relations" and "snap" . . . enjoy learning. 

Some more terms that we will discover in this YouTube video Under defined and fully defined dimensions   are "Under defined", "Fully defined",  Here will will fully define the circle, give it a diameter and learn how to edit a given dimension of an object on our sketch.

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