SolidWorks® 2010: No Experience Required™

Chapter 3. Creating Your First Part

• Save the Model

• Set the Document Properties

• Create a Base Extrusion

• Add an Extruded Cut

• Add Boss Extrusions

• Core Out the Part

• Add Fillets and Chamfers

Now that you have spent some time going over the user interface of SolidWorks and have explored the different document types, you can begin creating your first project. For the rest of this book, you will be modeling and creating drawings for a banker's desk lamp. You will find that your first project is something familiar so you are not overwhelmed by the model itself. The project you are creating is just the basic parts and assemblies that make up the lamp minus the wiring and electronics that would complete the lamp.

The first step that you will take toward creating ...