SOLIDWORKS Drawings

Prerequisites: SOLIDWORKS Essentials   Description: This course teaches you how to make drawings of SOLIDWORKS parts and assemblies.   The topics covered in this course are:

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Lesson 1: Drawing Sheets and Views

• 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

• Dimensions

• Manipulating Dimensions

• Dimension Properties

Lesson 3: Annotations

• Adding Annotations

• Annotation Types

• Blocks

Lesson 4: Assembly Drawing Views

• Assembly Drawing Views

• Creating Views of Assemblies

Lesson 5: Sheet Formats and Templates

• Sheet Formats and Templates

• Drawing Templates

• Properties in the Template

• User Defined Properties

• Customizing a Sheet Format

• Define Title Block

• Updating Sheet Formats

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

• Performance and Display Issues

• Large Assembly Mode

• Lightweight Drawings

• Detached Drawings

• Display Issues in Drawing Views

• Reusing a Drawing File

• Changing Drawing References

• Using DrawCompare

• SOLIDWORKS Design Checker

Appendix A: Preparations for Detailing