SolidWorks Essentials: Drawings

Updated for SolidWorks 2006

Length: 2 days
 

Prerequisites: SolidWorks Essentials: Parts and Assemblies
 

Description: This course teaches you how to make drawings of SolidWorks parts and assemblies.

 

The topics covered in this course are:

 

Lesson 1: Preparations for Detailing

Preparations for Detailing
Procedure: Preparing a Part for Detailing

Lesson 2: Drawing Sheets and Views

Drawing Sheets and Views
Terminology
Drawing Sheets
Procedure: Creating a Drawing
Drawing Views
Sketching in Drawing Views
Procedure: Adding Drawing Views
View Settings
Procedure: View Display Modes

Lesson 3: Center Marks, Centerlines, and Dimensions

Center Marks, Centerlines and Dimensions
Procedure: Add Center Marks and Centerlines
Model Edges in the View
Procedure: Show Hidden Edges
Dimensions
Procedure: Inserting Model Items
Procedure: Moving and Deleting Dimensions
Procedure: Adding Driven Dimensions
Procedure: View Clean Up
Procedure: Align Dimensions
Dimension Properties
Procedure: Changing Dimensions

Lesson 4: Adding Annotations

Adding Annotations
Annotation Types
Notes
Spelling Check
Weld Symbols
Weld Bead Caterpillars
Weld End Treatment
Geometric Tolerance Symbol
Surface Finish Symbols
Multi-jog Leaders
Hole Callouts
Datum Feature Symbols
Datum Target Symbols
Dowel Pin Symbols
Area Hatch/Fill
Cosmetic Threads
Balloons
Auto Balloons
Stacked Balloons
Revision Symbols
Blocks
Alignment
Grouping
Layer Properties
Procedure: Adding Annotations

Lesson 5: Drawings Sheets and Templates

 

Templates and Sheet Formats
Drawing Templates
User Defined Properties
SolidWorks Special Properties
Properties in the Template
Customizing a Sheet Format
Procedure: Templates with Predefined Views
Using a Sheet Format
Alternative Method for Linking Custom Properties
Updating Sheet Formats
Importing Legacy Data

Lesson 6: Settings

Settings 257
System Options 257
Document Properties 264

Lesson 7: Assembly Drawing Views

Assembly Specific Views
Procedure: Creating Views of Assemblies

Lesson 8: Bill of Materials and Tables

Creating and Managing a Bill of Materials
The Bill of Materials
Table Functions
Adding a BOM
Modifying the BOM
Tabulated Bill of Materials
Design Tables in the Drawing
Hole Tables
Revision Table
Weldment Cut List Table

Lesson 9: Performance and Display Issues

Performance and Display Issues
Large Assembly Mode
Lightweight Drawings
Detached Drawings
Display Issues in Drawing Views

Lesson 10: Drawing References and Comparison

Reusing a Drawing File
Changing Drawing References
Using DrawCompare
Design Checker

Lesson 11: eDrawings

Using eDrawings
Generating eDrawing Data
The eDrawing Window
View Manipulation Tools
Animations
Cross Section
Measure
Mass Properties
Drawing-Specific Options
Assembly-Specific Options
Using Markup
Other File Types
Using OLE