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Table of Contents Dedication Preface Chapter 1: Introduction to SOLIDWORKS 2018 5 Introduction to SOLIDWORKS 2018 Part Mode Assembly Mode Drawing Mode System Requirements Getting Started with SOLIDWORKS Menu Bar and SOLIDWORKS Menus CommandManager Part Mode CommandManagers Assembly Mode CommandManagers Drawing Mode CommandManagers Customized CommandManager Toolbar Pop-up Toolbar View (Heads-Up) Toolbar Shortcut Bar Mouse Gestures Dimensioning Standards and Units Important Terms and Their Definitions Feature-based Modeling Parametric Modeling Bidirectional Associativity Windows Functionality SWIFT Technology Geometric Relations Blocks Library Feature Design Table Equations Collision Detection What’s Wrong Functionality SimulationXpress Physical Dynamics Physical Simulation Seed Feature FeatureManager Design Tree Absorbed Features Child Features 6 Dependent Features Auto-Backup Option Selecting Hidden Entities Hot Keys Color Scheme Self-Evaluation Test Chapter 2: Drawing Sketches for Solid Models The Sketching Environment Starting a New Session of SOLIDWORKS 2018 Task Panes SOLIDWORKS Resources Task Pane Design Library Task Pane File Explorer Task Pane View Palette Task Pane Appearances, Scenes, and Decals Task Pane Custom Properties Task Pane Starting a New Document in SOLIDWORKS 2018 Part Assembly Drawing Understanding the Sketching Environment Setting the Document Options Modifying the Drafting Standards Modifying the Linear and Angular Units Modifying the Snap and Grid Settings Learning Sketcher Terms Origin Inferencing Lines Select Tool Invert Selection Tool Drawing Lines Orientation Rollout Options Rollout Drawing Continuous Lines Drawing Individual Lines Line Cursor Parameters Drawing Tangent or Normal Arcs Using the Line Tool 7 Drawing Construction Lines or Centerlines Drawing Midpoint Line Drawing the Lines of Infinite Length Drawing Circles Drawing Circles by Defining their Center Points Drawing Circles by Defining Three Points Drawing Construction Circles Drawing Arcs Drawing Tangent/Normal Arcs Drawing Centerpoint Arcs Drawing 3 Point Arcs Drawing Rectangles Drawing Rectangles by Specifying their Corners Drawing Rectangles by Specifying the Center and a Corner Drawing Rectangles at an Angle Drawing Centerpoint Rectangles at an Angle Drawing Parallelograms Drawing Polygons Drawing Splines Drawing Slots Creating a Straight Slot Creating a Centerpoint Straight Slot Creating a 3 Point Arc Slot Creating a Centerpoint Arc Slot Placing Sketched Points Drawing Ellipses Drawing Elliptical Arcs Drawing Parabolic Curves Drawing Conic Curves Drawing Display Tools Zoom to Fit Zoom to Area Zoom In/Out Zoom to Selection Pan Previous View Redraw Shaded Sketch Contours 8 Deleting Sketched Entities Tutorial 1 Tutorial 2 Tutorial 3 Tutorial 4 Self-Evaluation Test Review Questions Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Chapter 3: Editing and Modifying Sketches Editing Sketched Entities Trimming Sketched Entities Extending Sketched Entities Convert Entities Intersection Curves Filleting Sketched Entities Chamfering Sketched Entities Offsetting Sketched Entities Offsetting Edges or Face of a Model Mirroring Sketched Entities Mirroring Entities Dynamically Moving Sketched Entities Rotating Sketched Entities Scaling Sketched Entities Stretching Sketched Entities Copying and Pasting Sketched Entities Creating Patterns Creating Linear Sketch Patterns Creating Circular Sketch Patterns Editing Patterns Writing Text in the Sketching Environment Modifying Sketched Entities Modifying a Sketched Line Modifying a Sketched Circle Modifying a Sketched Arc 9 Modifying a Sketched Polygon Modifying a Spline Modifying the Coordinates of a Point Modifying an Ellipse or an Elliptical Arc Modifying a Parabola Dynamically Modifying and Copying Sketched Entities Splitting Sketched Entities Creating Segments in Sketched Entities Tutorial 1 Tutorial 2 Tutorial 3 Self-Evaluation Test Review Questions Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Chapter 4: Adding Relations and Dimensions to Sketches Applying Geometric Relations to Sketches Applying Relations Using the Add Relations PropertyManager Automatic Relations Design Intent Dimensioning a Sketch Horizontal/Vertical Dimensioning Aligned Dimensioning Angular Dimensioning Diametric Dimensioning Radial Dimensioning Linear Diametric Dimensioning Ordinate Dimensioning Path Length Dimension Auto Insert Dimension Concept of a Fully Defined Sketch Fully Defined Overdefined 10