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Lesson 4
Creating a Simple Sketch
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Objectives
- Terms to Know.
- Review previous lessons.
- Start Solidworks.
- New Solidworks part (*.SLDPRT).
- Main Sketch Command Manager tools.
- Select a sketch plane.
- Change the Units from mm (MMGS) to inches (IPS).
- Display and modify the Grid/Snap settings.
- Use the Line tool found in the Sketch Command Manager Tab.
- Create simple sketch geometry.
- Delete sketch entities.
- Apply basic Smart Dimensions
- Modify existing Smart Dimensions.
- Use a few of the Geometrical Relations tools
- Modify existing lines using the Trim tool
- Exit the 2D Sketch Environment.
- Edit/modify an existing Sketch.
- Save the newly created file.
- Exit Solidworks.
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Terms to Know
-2D Sketch Environment
-Smart Dimensions
-Command Manager
-Dimensional Relations
-Over Defined
-Entity
-Coincident
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-dimensions
-constraints
-Geometric Relations
-Profile
-Fully Defined
-Document/file
Sketch Command Manager Tools
Tip: Steps to Accessing Additional Sketch Tools
1.) Move the cursor over the small arrow. The arrow that is to the right of the tool icon, in this
case the Exit Sketch tool.
2.) Select the arrow. This will bring up a small window that will display the additional related
sketch tools.
3.) Move the cursor over the desired new tool and select it. This will activate the optional tool.
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Sketch Command Manager Tools
Sketch
This tool is used to create a new sketch or edit an existing sketch. The optional tool
is Exit Sketch shown below.
Exit
Sketch
This tool is one method that is used to exit and save the current sketch. Applying
this tool will exit the Sketch Environment back to the Part Environment.
Smart
Dimension
Smart Dimensions also referred to as Dimensional Constraints (numerical values
such as length, distance and angle, radius and diameter). The optional tools (not
shown) are Horizontal, Vertical and Ordinate dimensions.
This tool is used to create all lines (single and/or multiple lines). The optional tool
is Center Line and shown below.
Line
Trim
Entities
This tool is used to trim sketch entities.
Display/
Delete
Relations
Fully
Define
Sketch
This tool is used to display the sketch relations (Geometrical Constraints).
This tool is used to automatically create all the relations required to fully define
(constrain) a sketch.
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Creating a Simple Sketches
Step 1: Start Solidworks
Step 2: Start a New Part File
Step 3: Select the Part Option:
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Step 4: Modify the Sketch
Default Settings
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Step 4: continued
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Step 5: Selecting a Sketch Plane
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Step 5: continued (Sketch screen)
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Step 6: Creating Lines
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Step 6: Continued
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Step 6: Continued
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Step 6: Continued (Exact Input and ending the command)
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Step 6: Continued (restarting the Line command)
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Step 7: Trim
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Step 8 : Fully Defining the Sketch
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Step 9: Modifying the Dimensional Values
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Step 10: Creating a Angular Dimension
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Step 11: Creating a Smart Dimension
Step 12: Moving the Dimensions
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Step 13: Exit the Sketch Environment
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Step 14: Modifying Sketch1
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Step 15: Saving the Sketch before it gets away!
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