SolidWorks 2006 Sketching Best Practice 

Course Overview

The Sketching Best Practice course provides you with an overview of tools and techniques to help you sketch more effectively in SolidWorks. Topics include sketching efficiently, manipulating sketches, using sketch blocks, layout sketches, splines and 3D sketching. Course completion time: 4 hours.

Intended Audience

SolidWorks designers.

Course Prerequisites

A basic understanding of SolidWorks.

Course Table of Contents

1. Sketching Efficiently

Sketching Efficiently Introduction

Design Intent & Performance

Shortcut Menu

Autotransitioning

Construction Geometry

Polygon

Cross Select

Contour Select & Shared Sketches

Mirror

Dynamic Mirror

Autodimension

Trim & Extend

Offset

Convert Entities & Close Sketch

Sketch Picture

Model Annotations

Dimension Placement

Contour Select

2. Sketch Manipulation

Sketch Manipulation Introduction

Move, Copy, Scale & Rotate

Modify Sketch

Sketch Pattern

Sketch Conflicts

Check & Repair Sketch

Under Defined & Dangling Status

Invalid & Not Solved Status

Copy Sketch

Derived Sketch

Edit Sketch Plane

Layout Sketch

Sketch Entity Attributes

Resolve Sketch Conflicts

3. Sketch Blocks

Sketch Blocks Introduction

Create Sketch Block

Edit Sketch Block

Link Sketch Block

Sketch Blocks Assembly Layout

Sketch Blocks Assembly Creation

Sketch Block

4. Splines

Splines Introduction

Creating & Editing Splines

Spline Adjustment

Inserting & Removing Spline Points

Fit Spline

Fit Spline for Mates

Fit Spline Sketch

5. 3D Sketch

3D Sketch Introduction

3D Sketch Creation

3D Sketch Plane

3D Sketch Entities

3D Sketch Dimensions & Relations

3D Sketching

3D Sketch & Loft

3D Sketch & Sweep

Loft & Contour Select