SolidWorks Drawings Training Course

The SolidWorks Drawing course teaches you how to make drawings of SolidWorks parts and assemblies. The focus of this course is on the skills, tools and concepts central to successfully working with drawings.

Course Outline

Introduction

• About This Course
• Windows® XP
• Use of Color
  

Lesson 1: Drawing Sheets and Views

• Drawing Sheets and Views
• Terminology
• Drawing Views
• Sketching in Drawing Views
• View Settings
• Centermarks and Centerlines
• Model Edges in the View
  

Lesson 2: Dimensions

• Dimensions
• Moving and Deleting Dimensions
• Dimension Properties
  

Lesson 3: Annotations

• Adding Annotations
• Annotation Types
• Blocks
  

Lesson 4: Sheet Formats and Templates

• Sheet Formats and Templates
• Drawing Templates
• Properties in the Template
• User Defined Properties
• Customizing a Sheet Format
• Importing Legacy Data
• Define Title Block
• Updating Sheet Formats
  

Lesson 5: Assembly Drawing Views

• Assembly Drawing Views
• Creating Views of Assemblies
  

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
• Design 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
  

Lesson 8: Drawing References and Comparison

• Reusing a Drawing File
• Changing Drawing References
• Using DrawCompare
• Design Checker
  

Lesson 9: Using DimXpert

• DimXpert 
• Tolerance Types and Features 
• DimXpert Selections 
• Settings for DimXpert 
• Auto Dimension Scheme 
• Turned Part 
• Using Plus and Minus 
• DimXpert Annotations and Drawings 
• Using DimXpert Manually

Appendix A: Preparations for Detailing