This document provides a simple guide to creating a wall bracket in SolidWorks. It outlines the steps to launch SolidWorks, create a sketch of the bracket using rectangles and dimensions, extrude the sketch to create a cuboid shape, add additional sketches and extrusions to create the overall bracket shape, and use the rib tool to add thickness. The guide includes explanatory text and screenshots to illustrate each step in the process.

1. SolidWorks Simple Mini Guide

2. Contents
• Launching the SolidWorks environment
• Drawing a simple wall bracket using:
– Sketch
– Extrude Boss/Base tool
– Rib tool
• Conclusion

3. Launching the SolidWorks environment
and creating a new environment
• Double-click on the solidworks icon on the
desktop to launch the solidworks then:
i. Click new then choose the part option to
start a new single part drawing.
ii. Or choose the assembly option to assemble
already created parts.
iii. Click ‘OK’

4. Drawing a simple wall bracket
When drawing on a 3 D environment, there are
usually several ways of realizing a model. This is
due to our different ways of picturing images.
This reason explains why different times are
spent on same drawing, using different
concepts.

5. A 2D Sketch of the wall bracket
Fig. 1

6. Steps
• Select ‘Top Plane’ from the draw tree at
the left pane of the drawing environment
• Select ‘center rectangle’ from the sketch
option, snap the mouse to the origin and draw a
rectangle
• Note: All dimensions in ‘mm’ already
• Select ‘Smart Dimension’ and pick the
horizontal side, type 100 mm
• Also, pick the vertical side, type 70 mm
• You should see a drawing similar to fig. 2

7. Steps
Fig. 2

8. Steps
• Click ‘Features’ to display a number of
possible options
• Click ‘Extruded Boss/Base’ and in the
space provided for dimension, type 10 mm
• Click the ‘OK’ to confirm the dimensions
• You should see a cuboid that looks like fig. 4 as
shown below

9. Steps
Fig. 3

10. Steps
Fig. 4

11. Steps
• Click on the top face of the cuboid
• Select a ‘corner rectangle’
• Sketch by snapping the mouse pointer from
the corner of the rectangle face to the
adjacent edge
• Dimension the side to 10 mm by using the
‘smart dimension’
• Extrude by 40 mm using the ‘Extruded
Boss/Base’
• Click ‘OK’

12. Steps
Fig. 5

13. Steps
Fig. 6

14. Creating a rib on the wall bracket
• Select the right plane of the model
• Click on ‘Normal To’. This enables the
plane to face you.
• Select a line and draw from the top edge of
the drawing as shown in fig. 7
• Select isometric on the top of the menu to
give a 3D view of the model.
• Dimension the vertical edge with the end of
the drawn line as 20 mm

15. Steps
Fig. 7

16. Steps
Fig. 8

17. Steps
• From the ‘Features’ option, click rib
• On the left pane, a rib menu dialog shows,
make the thickness ‘both sides’ keeping it to
10 mm
• Change the ‘Extrusion direction’ and check
‘Flip material side’ as appropriate
• Click ‘OK’
• The result should look like fig. 9 below

18. Steps
Fig. 9

19. Conclusion
• Note: This guide is just to give a fore-sight to
SolidWorks environment. The in-depth shall
be taught in class.