Technical Papers

Sketching with SolidWorks

Sketching in SolidWorks is the basis for creating features. Features are the basis for creating parts, which can be put together into assemblies. Sketch entities can also be added to drawings.

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Navigating the SolidWorks User Interface

Since most CAD packages are applications in the Microsoft® Windows environment, tool buttons, toolbars, and the general appearance of the windows look similar. However, many aspects of the SolidWorks environment differ.

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Creating Drawings with SolidWorks

You can generate drawings in SolidWorks the same way you would generate them in your 2D design tools. However, creating 3D models and generating drawings from the model has many advantages.

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Modeling in 3D with SolidWorks

Traditional drawing programs and SolidWorks have fundamentally different approaches. In traditional CAD, you design in a 2D environment. In SolidWorks, you design in a 3D environment, then create 2D drawings based on the 3D model.

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Find the Problem Fast with Check Plots

Move through the design process faster with quick and easy check plots.  Your team will be able to effectively target problem areas for further analysis and streamline the design validation process.

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Understanding Connectors

With fast and accurate virtual connectors, your team will be able to focus on the behavior of the design as a whole, instead of wasting precious time modeling and re-modeling hundreds of pins, bolts, springs and welds.

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Put Your Designs in Motion with Event-Based Simulation

SolidWorks software helps you move through the design cycle smarter. With flexible Event-Based Simulation, your team will be able to integrate design and controls—and streamline your live prototype and testing process.

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