SolidWorks is a 3D CAD software used by over 2 million engineers. It was founded in 1993 by Jon Hirschtick and was later acquired by Dassault Systèmes. SolidWorks allows users to design parts and assemble them in 3D. Key aspects covered include sketching, extruding 2D profiles to create 3D features, dimensioning sketches and parts, creating assemblies using mates, and generating detailed drawings with multiple views dimensioned according to ISO standards.

2. SOLIDWORKS
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3. Introduction
 The Solid Works software is a solid modeling
computer aided design (CAD) and computer
aided engineering (CAE) software program
that runs on Microsoft Windows. The
SolidWorks is produced by the Dassault
Systems— a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes.
Solid Works is currently used by over 2 million
engineers and designers at more than 165,000 .
 SOLIDWORKS Corporation was
founded in December 1993 by Massachusetts
Institute of Technology graduate Jon
Hirschtick; Hirschtick used $1 million he had
made while a member of the MIT Blackjack
Team to set up the company. Initially based in
Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, Hirschtick
recruited a team of engineers with the goal of
building 3D CAD software that was easy-to-
use, affordable, and available on the Windows
desktop. Operating later from Concord,
Massachusetts, SOLIDWORKS released its first
product SolidWorks 95, in 1995.[5][6] In 1997
Dassault, best known for its CATIA CAD
software, acquired SolidWorks for $310 million
in stock.

4. Introduction
• SolidWorks, 3D PartStream.NET, 3D Content
Central,
 eDrawings, and the eDrawings logo are
registered trademarks
 and FeatureManager is a jointly owned registered
trademark of
 DS SolidWorks.
 Circuit Works, Feature Palette, FloXpress,
PhotoWorks,
 TolAnalyst, and XchangeWorks are trademarks of
DS
 SolidWorks.
 Feature Works is a registered trademark of
Geometric Software
 Solutions Ltd.
 SolidWorks 2011, SolidWorks Enterprise PDM,
SolidWorks
 Simulation, SolidWorks Flow Simulation, and
eDrawings
 Professional are product names of DS
SolidWorks.

5. Contents
 Part Design
2D design (Sketch) , 3D
design (Features) , Part
design consider in the
part design section
 Assembly Design
Assembling of two or
more than two parts
consider in this section
 Drawing
Designing with
standards is consider
in the drawing section

6. Sketch :-
Using Interface : In three dimensional
software we need to select an interface as
working space. SolidWorks give three different
planes to choose as a working place.
Create a New Part Document
1 Create a new part. Click New on the
Standard toolbar.
The New SolidWorks Document
dialog box appears.
2 Click the Tutorial tab.
3 Select the Part icon.
4 Click OK.
A new part document window
appears.
Base Feature
The Base feature requires:
Sketch plane – Front (default plane)
Sketch profile – 2D Rectangle
Feature type – Extruded boss
feature

7. Open a Sketch
1 Click to select the Front plane in the Feature
Manager design tree.
2 Open a 2D sketch. Click Sketch on the Sketch
toolbar.

8. Confirmation Corner
When many SolidWorks commands are
active, a symbol or a set of symbols
appears in the
upper right corner of the graphics area. This
area is called the Confirmation Corner.
Sketch Indicator
When a sketch is active, or open, a
symbol appears in the confirmation corner
that looks like the Sketch tool. It provides a
visual reminder that you are active in a
sketch.
Clicking this symbol exits the sketch
saving your changes.
Clicking the red X exits the sketch
discarding your changes.

9. When other commands are
active, the confirmation
corner displays two
symbols: a check mark and an
X. The check mark executes the
current
command. The X cancels the
command.

10. Sketch Commands
 Line
 Circle
 Arc
 Ellipse
 Rectangle
 Spline
 Fillet
 Slot

11. Making Cylinder
First of all we need a 2D sketch and
after that it will converted into a 3D
design .

12. 3D Feature
Commands
 Extrude
 Swept
 Revolve
 Loft
 Extruded Cut
 Lofted Cut
 Revolve Cut
 Pattern
a. Linear Pattern
b. Circular Pattern
 Shell
 Rib
 Draft

13. Part Design
 First Section of 3D design is part
design. Part design simply a 3D
representation of a single design
components

14. Dimensioning in 2D

17. Assembly Design
 An assembly design consists of two or
more components assembled together at
their respective work positions using
parametric relations. In SolidWorks,
these relations are called mates. These
mates allow you to constrain the degrees
of freedom of the components at their
respective work positions.
 All
components are created as separate part
documents, and then they are placed and
referenced in the assembly as external
components. In this type of approach, the
components are created in the Part mode
and saved as the (.sldprt) documents.
 After creating and
saving all components of the assembly,
you need to start a new assembly
document (.sldasm) and insert the
components in it using the tools
provided in the Assembly mode. After
inserting the components, you can
assemble

18. Assembly mates :
After designing the parts ,
now they are assembled by using the
mate technology. While doing assembly
the mates are the main point to be
remember. In Solid Works, mates can
be applied using the Mate Property
Manager. Choose the Mate button in
the Assemble Command Manager or
choose Insert > Mate from the. Select a
planar face, curved face, axis, or a point
on the first component and then select
the entity from the second component;
the selected entities will be highlighted.
The names of the selected entities will
be displayed in the Entities to Mate
selection box of the Mate Selections
rollout.

21. Drawing
 Drawing in Solid Works is done by
the use of ISO standards. In the
drawing section firstly the size of
sheet is decided

22. After start the drawing section we have to
select a drawing sheet . Usually A4 sheet is
used for the standard.

23. At the drawing sheet assembly parts design
is used for giving the details within
standards . First the assemble design is
select from the save designs .

24. After selecting a assembly design the
different views are selected for detailing .
Views Placement :
a. Front View
b. Top View
c. Side View
d. Isometric View ( 3D View)
Dimensioning :
Scaling :

25. Dimensioning / Detailing
 After adding the different views on a
drawing sheet next thing to do is
dimensioning and detailing. The proper
dimensioning of all view expect the
isometric or 3D view .