SolidWorks Drawings
Length: 2 days
Prerequisites: SolidWorks Essentials
Description: This course teaches you how to make drawings of SolidWorks parts and assemblies.
Updated for SolidWorks 2013
Note: ISO standard version now available in all languages
The topics covered in this course are:
Introduction
About This Course
Windows 7
Use of Color
Lesson 1: Drawing Sheets and Views
Sheets and Formats
Terminology
Drawing Views
Sketching in Drawing Views
View Settings
Centermarks and Centerlines
Model Edges in the View
Lesson 2: Dimensions
Manipulating Dimensions
Dimension Properties
Lesson 3: Annotations
Adding Annotations
Annotation Types
Blocks
Lesson 4: Sheet Formats and Templates
Drawing Templates
Properties in the Template
User Defined Properties
Customizing a Sheet Format
Define Title Block
Updating Sheet Formats
Lesson 5: Assembly Drawing Views
Creating Views of Assemblies
Lesson 6: Bill of Materials and Tables
Creating and Managing a Bill of Materials
The Bill of Materials
Adding a BOM
Modifying the BOM
Tabulated Bill of Materials
Balloons
Tables in the Drawing
Lesson 7: Performance and Display Issues
Large Assembly Mode
Lightweight Drawings
Detached Drawings
Display Issues in Drawing Views
Lesson 8: Drawing References and Comparison
Reusing a Drawing File
Changing Drawing References
Using DrawCompare
SolidWorks Design Checker
Appendix A: Preparations for Detailing
