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To Create a New File Using a
Document Template:
1. Click New on the Standard toolbar
2. Select a
document
template:
 Part
 Assembly
 Drawing
Tutorial Tab
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Document Templates
 Document Templates control the units, grid, text,
and other settings for the model.
 The Tutorial document templates are required to
complete the exercises in the SolidWorks 2001
Getting Started book.
 The templates are located in the Tutorial tab on the
New SolidWorks Document dialog box.
 Document properties are saved in templates.
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Document
Properties
 Accessed through

the Tools, Options

menu.
Document properties
control many settings,
including:
 Units: English (inches) or Metric (millimeters)
 Grid/Snap Settings
 Colors, Material Properties and Image Quality
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System Options
 Accessed through
the Tools, Options
menu.
 Allow you to
customize your work
environment.
System options control:
 File locations
 Performance
 Spin box increments
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Multiple Views of a Document
 Drag the
horizontal
and vertical

split con-
trols to view
4 panes.
 Set the view
and display
options.
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Creating a 2D
Sketch:
1. Select a sketch
plane. The default
sketch plane is
Plane1.
2. Click Sketch
on the Sketch
toolbar.
3. Click Rectangle on the Sketch Tools toolbar.
4. Move the pointer to the Sketch Origin.
Sketch Origin
Sketch Tool
Rectangle Tool
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Creating a 2D
Sketch:
5. Click the left
mouse button.

6. Drag the pointer
up and to the
right.
7. Click the left
mouse button
again.
Sketch Origin
Sketch Tool
Rectangle Tool
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Adding Dimensions
 Dimensions specify the size of the model.
To create a dimension:
1. Click Dimension on
the Sketch Relations
toolbar.
2. Click the 2D geometry.
3. Click the text location.
4. Enter the dimension
value.

Text Location
2D Geometry
Lesson 2:
The 40-Minute Running
Start
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Features and Commands
Base Feature
 The first feature that is created.
 The foundation of the part.
 The workpiece to which everything else is
attached.
 The base feature geometry for the box is an
extrusion.
 The extrusion is named Base-Extrude.
 Tip: Keep the base feature simple.
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To Create an Extruded Base Feature:
1. Select a sketch plane.
2. Sketch a 2D profile.
3. Extrude the sketch perpendicular to sketch plane.
Sketch the 2D profile Extrude the sketch Resulting base feature
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Features Used to Build Tutor1
1. Base Extrude 2. Boss Extrude
4. Fillets
3. Cut Extrude
5. Shell
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Extruded Boss Feature

 Adds material to the part.
 Requires a sketch.
Extruded Cut Feature
 Removes material from the part.
 Requires a sketch.
Fillet Feature
 Rounds the edges or faces of a part to a specified
radius.
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Shell Feature
 Removes material from the
selected face.
 Creates a hollow block from
a solid block.
 Very useful for thin-walled,
plastic parts.
 You are required to specify a
wall thickness when using the shell feature.
Shell Feature
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View Control
Magnify or reduce the view of a model in the
graphics area.
Zoom to Fit – displays the part so that it fills the
current window.
Zoom to Area – zooms in on a portion of the view

that you select by dragging a bounding box.
Zoom In/Out – drag the pointer upward to zoom
in. Drag the pointer downward to zoom out.
Zoom to Selection – the view zooms so that the
selected object fills the window.
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Display Modes
Illustrate the part in various display modes.
Wireframe Hidden in Gray Hidden Lines Shaded
Removed
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Standard Views
Top View
Front View Right View
Bottom View
Left ViewBack View
Isometric
View
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View Orientation
Changes the view display to correspond to
one of the standard view orientations.
Front Top
Right Left

Bottom Back
Isometric Normal To (selected
plane or planar face)
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View Orientation
The views most
commonly used
to describe a
part are:
 Top View
 Front View
 Right View
 Isometric View