SolidWorks Sketching Tips and Tricks
1. Selecting the Correct Plane
If you are not sure on what plane to
start your sketch, then always remember the cube shown below. This is the
Isometric view as per Third Angle Projection method which is what you try to create
in SolidWorks. Imagine your part inside this cube and then select the plane.
From this Isometric view when you create a drawing (Orthographic views) the
Front of the cube becomes the Front view, Right becomes Right view and the Top
becomes the Top view in your drawing.
2.
Line tricks
When you want to
sketch couple of lines like let’s say the three lines as shown below, it’s
annoying to select the line command and then once done with the first line,
press the Esc key and then again go to line command to do the second line.
There are other ways of doing this in
a faster and efficient way.
A.Once
done with the first line, press the Enter key twice on your keyboard to
terminate the command and then again press the Enter key to execute the last
command.
B. Instead
of click release to place the first point and the again click release to place
the second point try to drag the line. Click and then don’t release your mouse
button till you are done with that line then again the same for the second Line.
C.As
shown below once done with the line double click fast and you will still be in
the line command but the new line will not start from the end point of previous
line.
3.
Sketch Relations
When you are sketching an entity, you get
automatic relations and if that relation is shown in a yellow box that means
it’s going to be there with the line. As shown in the image below the vertical
relation in the yellow box means the line is vertical and the relation is going
to be there. The horizontal relation you see next to the vertical is not inside
a yellow box since it’s a reference relation. It’s giving you an indication
that if you click here the end point of line is horizontal with the other lines.
4.
Mirror
When you want to Mirror multiple entities
and if there is only one centerline then instead of selecting the mirror
command and then selecting the entities do the opposite. As shown below make a
box selection and select the entities you want to mirror.
Once the entities you want to mirror
are selected, directly select the Mirror Entities command and you will see that
it does the mirror automatically as shown below.
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