SOLIDWORKS Drawings Course
This course teaches you how to make drawings of SOLIDWORKS parts and assemblies.
Prerequisites: SOLIDWORKS Essentials
Length: 3 Days
Lesson 1: Review of the Basics
- Review of Essentials
- Drawing System Options
- Beginning a New Drawing
- View Palette and Model Views
- Detailing Techniques
- Section Views
- Detail Views
- Moving Drawing Views
- Moving Dimensions
- Center Marks & Centerlines
- Assembly Drawing Review
- Adding Sheets
- Standard 3 View
Lesson 2: Understanding Drawing Templates
- Structure of a Drawing Document
- Drawing Document
- Drawing Sheet
- Sheet Format
- Understanding Drawing Templates
- Drawing Template Design Strategy
- Designing a Drawing Template
- Creating a Sample Model and Drawing
Lesson 3: Customizing the Sheet Format
- Completing the Title Block Sketch
- Completing the Title Block Notes
- Tips for Locating Notes
- Adding a Company Logo
- Defining the Border
- Setting Anchors
- Title Block Fields
Lesson 4: Saving and Testing the Sheet Format File
- Understanding Sheet Format Properties
- Understanding Sheet Format Behavior
- Saving the Sheet Format
- Testing the Sheet Format
- Testing Sheet Format Properties
Lesson 5: Creating Additional Sheet Formats and Templates
- Creating Additional Sheet Formats
- Drawing Templates with Sheet Formats
- Other Drawing Template Items
- Property Tab Builder
- Properties.txt File
Lesson 6: Advanced Options for Drawing Views
- Advanced Drawing Views
- Showing Hidden Edges
- Broken-out Section View
- Auxiliary View
- Rotating Views
- Crop View
- Understanding View Focus
- Advanced Views for Assemblies
- Section Scope
- Alternate Position View
- Using Configurations
- Custom View Orientations
- New View
- Relative View
- 3D Drawing Views
Lesson 7: Understanding Annotation Views
- Understanding Annotation Behavior
- What are Annotation Views?
- Annotations Folder
- Default Annotation Views
- Annotations View Visibility
- Insert Annotation View
- Editing Annotation Views
- Annotation Update
- Annotations Folder in Drawings
Lesson 8: Advanced Detailing Tools
- Detailing Tools
- Annotation Views vs. Model Items
- Parametric Notes
- Dimension Types
- Arranging Dimensions
- Dimension Styles
- Location Labels
Lesson 9: Using Layers, Styles and the Design Library
- Using Layers
- Dimension Styles
- Annotations in the Design Library
- Flag Note Bank
Lesson 10: Advanced Options for BOM Tables
- Tables in SOLIDWORKS
- Bill of Materials Properties
- Displaying the BOM Assembly Structure
- Modifying a Table
- Saving a Table Template
- Properties in BOM Tables
- BOM Component Options
- Balloon Indicator
Lesson 11: Additional SOLIDWORKS Tables
- Additional SOLIDWORKS Tables
- Inserting a Hole Table
- Splitting a Table
- Using a Revision Table
- Leader Annotation Options
- Design Tables in Drawings
Lesson 12: Additional Drawing Tools
- Reusing Drawings
- Draw Compare
- SOLIDWORKS Design Checker
- SOLIDWORKS Task Scheduler
Lesson 13: Managing Performance
- Managing Performance
- Performance Evaluation
- Detailing Practices
- System Options & Document Properties
- Open Options
- Detached Drawings
- Hardware and Performance
- Additional Considerations
- Quick Reference Guide
