In an assembly, the tabs in the Command Manager are different from those that show up when working with a part or drawing.Ī Drawing can be made from a Part or an Assembly. Create a new file and select "Assembly" in the window that pops up. Congratulations! You've built a part.Īssemblies consist of multiple parts combined together with "Mate" features. Once you are finished choosing your feature options, click the green checkmark in the PropertyManager pane on the left, or the one in the top-right corner of the sketch, or the one in the right-click menu to confirm your choice. Selecting Revolve, instead, will give you options for choosing an axis around which to revolve your sketch and a degree measure for how much you wish to revolve your sketch. By selecting Extrude, the PropertyManager pane on the left will give you options for how much to extrude the sketch, in which direction, and which pieces of your sketch, if you wish to only select some of them. Extruding a sketch will result in extending it along the axis perpendicular to your sketch into a solid body. For the first sketch, generally only two features are available: Extrude Boss/Base and Revolved Boss/Base. Once you create your sketch, head back to the CommandManager and select the Features tab. The arrow keys can also be used to rotate around the model.
To rotate around the model, middle-click and drag with your mouse or use Ctrl+1 to face the Front Plane, Ctrl+3 to face the Right Plane, and so on. Select one of the Top, Right, or Front Planes and begin sketching. The three main planes, which are always automatically generated in a new part. Upon selecting one of these tools, a message will appear directing you to select a plane to sketch on. Hover over each button for more information on the tool. The sketch tools are fairly self-explanatory in nature the line tool sketches a line, the rectangle tool sketches a rectangle, and so on. SolidWorks is generally considered the friendliest of these CAD programs and supports model types that can be exported to the other CAD programs. AutoCAD is the most popular CAD program in the world, and is generally favored by manufacturing facilities Creo is popular in aerospace and flow analysis Solid Edge is a less popular parametric feature and solid modeling software developed by Siemens and Catia is another software produced by Dassault Systemes, the parent company of SolidWorks, Corp., which is popular in automobile and product design. There exist many other 3D modeling software options, but noteworthy engineering-CAD options are AutoCAD, PTC's Creo, Solid Edge, and Catia. WPI is also working on its own SolidWorks tutorials, which can be found here: WPI SolidWorks Video Tutorial We recommend the tutorial built into the software or the SolidWorks Youtube channel. 5 Advanced Features and Additional Tutorials.
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