Engineering Design and Graphics with SolidWorks® 2016

Contents

CHAPTER 1 Getting Started

Chapter Objectives

1-1 Introduction

1-2 Starting a New Drawing

To Start a New Drawing

To Select a Drawing Plane

1-3 SolidWorks Colors

1-4 Creating a Fully Defined Circle

To Change an Existing Dimension

Fully Defined Entities

1-5 Units

To Change Units

1-6 Rectangle

To Sketch a Rectangle

To Exit the Sketch Mode

To Reenter the Sketch Mode

1-7 Moving Around the Drawing Screen

To Zoom the Line

To Move the Line

To Reorientate the Line

1-8 Orientation

To Return to the Top View Orientation – View Selector

To Return to the Top View Orientation – Top View

To Return to the Top View Orientation – Orientation Triad

1-9 Sample Problem SP1-1

To Fix a Line in Place

Sketch Relations

1-10 Creating 3D Models

To Create a 3D Model ...