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SolidWorks

A Brief

Description

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SolidWorks

The purpose of the laboratory in ME152 is to be able to apply topics learned in the lecturesection of the course as well as ME151 in a CAD environment. The purpose of ME153 is toexpand on the skills learned in ME152. This course goal is not to teach the program, but topresent enough of it so that the student can present well documented engineering drawings whichutilize proper views and dimensions. The CAD platform, SolidWorks, is the program which willbe utilized to this end. Warning: Do not use shortcuts! Whenever learning a new platform strictadherence to proper protocols and procedures is essential for establishing a firm foundation ofgood habits. This also eases a transition to any other CAD platform.

Types of files:

In SolidWorks there are several types of files used. The most common is the Part File which has

an extension SLDPRT. (SolidWorks automatically appends the extension so you do not have toworry about it.) This type of file is where all the components are constructed. Each part must beone contiguous piece and there may be only one component in each part file. In advancedworkings, there may be several different configurations of a part in a file, but it is still essentiallyone part in the file.

An Assembly File (extension SLDASM) is where parts or sub-assemblies are joined together tocreate a machine. The assembly may be static or dynamic. In the dynamic assembly the parts areallowed to move as they would in the actual assembled part. The assembly may be exploded toshow how all the parts go together. Section views of the assembly are also possible. A bill ofmaterials (parts lists) is included in the assembly file.

The Drawing File (extension SLDDRW) is where the actual engineering drawings are produced.Multiple views of a part, section views, detail views and auxiliary views are all included.Coordinate dimensions and geometric dimension tolerancing are included in the proper views.The drawing will have a title block where all pertinent information about the part in the drawingis listed. There will be special title blocks for ME152 and ME153 which will be available to thestudent. Assemblies are also put into drawings.

All the files are related. Once a part is placed into an assembly or a drawing, the file name maynot be changed arbitrarily. Get in the habit of giving the files the proper names when they arecreated. All of your files will be named yourlastnameXX where the XX represents the

particular lab, i.e. ludin5A. If multiple parts are needed label them ludin5A1, ludin5A2 etc. Apart, assembly and drawing may have the same name as they have different extensions applied tothem. A drawing may not be opened if the part file from which it was created cannot be located.This often happens if a file name is changed. When you submit an electronic copy of a drawing,be sure all supporting part and assembly files are included as well. If a part is changed (madelonger or thicker for example), then the drawing or assembly which contains that part will alsobe changed.

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Template files are used to save set up time. The most common template will be the drawing sheetformat which will contain the title block for the course. These templates are regular drawing filesand have the extension SLDDRW. The course templates will have names such asTBLAND.slddrw or TBPOR.slddrw, as both portrait and landscape views will be used. Thesemay be found on the server in 20-150. To get to theserver follow the steps: Start : My Computer

: My Network Places : Entire Network : Microsoft Windows Network : pclab : MELAB02 :ME152 or ME153. All files needed for the course will be here.

On all the department computers there is a hard drive section called Thawspace. This is aworking file for student use. Create a new folder with your name on it and place your work in thefolder. Save all your work here as you develop your parts and drawings. When you are done dragthe files to your flash drive or other storage medium for permanent storage. Save your workoften (ctrl-S) as you develop a part. Saving to the hard drive takes almost no time. When yoursystem crashes which happens often enough to be concerned, your work will be recoverable.Before leaving the lab delete the folder you created. Thawspace size is limited.

File management is critical with SolidWorks. Most assignments in the course require multiplefiles. Make sure that they are kept together in one place since if a file is misplaced, all the filesthat depend on that one will not open. In the simplest cases there might be a part file and drawingfile. Later there may be several part files, an assembly file, and a drawing file. One missing filecan prevent the use of the others. If a file is going to be used in another drawing use Save Asand then Save as a Copy to create another file.

Creating a Part and Drawing

When SolidWorks is first opened, you have to open a part, assembly or drawing. When a newpart is opened, there is a blank work area on the right and a column on the left called the FeatureManager. In the Feature Manager, there are the three main planes listed front, top and right. Tobegin a sketch, a plane to draw on must be selected. Right click on the desired plane and selectthe sketch icon in the fly-out menu. For the first sketch the view will rotate so that you arelooking perpendicular to the plane you selected.

The first feature sketched is called the base feature. Added on features are called boss or cutfeatures. These add or subtract material to create the part. It is best to keep the geometry of eachfeature as simple as possible. Create a part with a large number of simple features rather than afew complex ones. Your work will be much easier to perform and less prone to errors in the longrun.

Plan how the part is going to be used before beginning the sketch. Which faces do you want forthe front, top and right views? Where do you want the origin to be? It is easier to take a fewminutes and plan ahead than to have to redo a part because the wrong orientation was used. Aquick hand sketch on a sheet of paper to determine the final appearance can save a lot of effortand time. A good habit to get into is to place the origin on a plane of symmetry if there is one.This will save you a lot of work in creating a part.

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When you start sketching the base, rough out what the base face will look like. It does not haveto be exactly to dimensions. When you finish your rough sketch most lines will be blue. Thismeans that you have an under-defined sketch. At this point you add geometric relations orconstraints and dimensions to the drawing to get itcompletely defined. A fully defined sketchhas all black lines. You will also see near the bottom right of the screen a note Fully Defined.

If it says u\Under Defined you will need more dimensions or relations before extruding. If youtry to define it too much the sketch turns red meaning that it is over-defined. At this point youwill have to remove some relations or dimensions to get back to completely defined. Once youhave a fully defined sketch, then you can extrude it or revolve it to create the base. Get in thehabit of extruding and cutting with fully defined features only as it will save time and effort lateron.

After the base feature is created, additional features may be added. Again the new features mustbe sketched on a plane. This plane can be one of the three primary planes, one of the faces of thebase or any boss, or on a user defined plane. Right click on the plane desired, then select thesketch icon. In the transparent view menu o at the top of the work area select the view orientation

to do the sketch. Try to use the geometric relations as much as possible to orient a new feature toa previous feature. Thus if the first feature is changed, the second feature will follow along withit rather than having to be redimensioned. SolidWorks is a parametric program, which means thatthe dimensions drive the size and shape of the part rather than the reverse. The benefit of this isthat a parts size and shape can be altered by just changing the appropriate dimension rather thanhaving to redraw the part. Careful selection of the geometric relations and dimensions cansimplify the task.

A drawing is where the various views of a part are made. Y ou may select which views toinclude. The standard three view also called the third angle view, inserts the front, top and rightview. Named views, such as left, bottom, back, isometric, etc., may be added. Section views and

auxiliary views may be created from any view present. Each view may be dimensioned.SolidWorks will automatically dimension the drawing. However it does not do a perfect job. It isup to the user to place the dimensions in the proper places and on the proper view. If a dimensionis not needed use the hide feature to eliminate it rather than deleting it. That way the dimensionmay be recalled if necessary. On all drawings the title block should be present and filled out. Itshould contain at least your name, lecture section number, lab section number, date, drawingname and drawing number. In detail drawings include also the scale and units. These are notnecessary in assembly drawings, but are preferred. If requested also add the material, nextassembly and tolerance default to the part drawing. It is the drawing that will be printed up andturned in as a hard copy.

When an assembly is put into a drawing, balloons should be added to each part. They will benumbered according to the order the parts were added to the assembly so be careful in theinsertion ordering when assembling the parts. A bill of materials will then be added to thedrawing. This should include at least the balloon number, part number, part name and quantity.As with parts, the drawing should have Course Title Block as well.

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Some Particulars about Parts, Drawings, Printing and Saving

As all the computers are used by many people, they will eventually have changed defaults. Whenopening a new part, assembly or drawing, the first thing to do is to check the units. They shouldbe ANSI and inches or millimeters, depending on the unit system. Go to the menu bar on top,

openToolsand click onOptionsat the bottom of the list. Click on the Document PropertiesTab. Under Detailing select ANSI in the pull down menu. Some computers will be already set toANSI, some to ISO. Make it ANSI. Then pick Units in the white selection tree on the left, andset the units to inches or millimeters in that pull down menu. This should be done whenever anew document is opened. Even if you import a part created with metric units, you will still haveto select metric units in the drawing; otherwise the dimensions will be in inches the default.

The latest version of SolidWorks has all the commands in the Command Manager near the top ofthe screen. These are grouped into sketch, assembly, feature and drawing tool bars, eachselectable from a tab at the bottom of the command manager. Only the tabs for useable tool barsare shown. The tab for the drawing tools will not be visible when you are creating a part as none

of those tools may be used. Likewise the assembly tab will be absent. The sketch and feature tabswill be present as both sets of tools are needed for creating parts.

All sketching must be done in asketch. I f you look at the upper right corner of the work areayou should see a purple arrow with a pencil and a red X. This is called the sketch confirmationbox. This signifies that you are in a sketch. If it is not there you are not in an active sketch andcannot add or change anything. Each feature has its own sketch. (That is why each feature shouldbe given a unique name for identification.) You must be in the correct sketch to change anythingin that feature. To reenter a sketch, right click on the desired feature in the feature manager andselect Edit Sketch from the selection. To change an extrusion, right click on the feature in thefeature manager and select Edit Definition.

If you have a part with aplane of symmetry, keep the origin on the plane of symmetry or on theaxis of symmetry. You can maintain the symmetry plane as a primary plane by using the Mid-Plane extrusion rather than a blind extrusion. Adding new features will be simplified with thissimple step. If you dont do this you will find that you have to define a new plane on thesymmetry plane later in the drawing to add features to the part.

If a sketch you are working on ever turns red, do not proceed. You haveover-definedyourfeature and should correct the over-definition right then. It could mean that you have includedsome unwanted relations or have doubled dimensioned a part. Remember that red is bad in

SolidWorks. Likewise a yellow line means that you have created an impossible drawing. Youmay have tried to make two parallel lines collinear or something like that. Again resolve theproblem before proceeding. SolidWorks will now warn you when these occur and will make itdifficult to proceed without fixing the problem.

To see what relationsexist in the drawing, make sure nothing is selected and click on theDisplay/Delete Relations Icon In the Sketch Toolbar. Over-defined relations are marked in red.Look for a relation that you did not put in. That may be the culprit. Try deleting it and see what

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happens. Often SolidWorks adds relations it thinks should be there or are implied by yourdrawing the sketch.

Before doing any extrusion, all your features lines should be black, indicating that you have acompletely defined feature. If a line is blue you still need more dimensions or geometrical

relations to fully define your feature.

If a feature is going to be created byrevolvingaround a centerline, make all lateral dimensionsfrom the centerline. Before setting the dimension drag it to the other side of the center line and itwill become a diameter. Do not use the origin in place of the center line. Use symmetrieswhenever possible as well. This reduces the drawing time and the amount of dimensioning. If thedimensions of a symmetric feature are changed the symmetric features are also changed.

There is a lot of confusion with usingcenter lines and temporary axes. If you are in a sketchcreating a feature you use a center line. Center lines are used for sketch mirrors, part alignmentand for revolved cuts and extrusions. If you are using feature toolbar tools such as circular

pattern, a temporary axis (activated under views temporary axes) is the axis of revolution.Center lines will not work here. Also temporary axes are use in mating circular features inassemblies. Do not create a special sketch just for drawing center lines. If you have to, you areprobably doing something wrong.

If your cursor turns into what looks like avacuum cleaner head and you cannot select anything,it means that the selection filter has turned on. Click on the toggle Selection Filter Toolbar whichis seen below the Feature Manager and Work Area. Click on the first item to deselect theselection manager.

Changing Views. It is best to carefully consider the presentation of what face goes with whatview before beginning a part. However if you have selected wrong and discover this well into thepart constructions, may be possible to redefine the standard views. Do this change beforeentering any dimensions in the drawing. With the part showing and all sketches closed, select theview orientation tool on the Feature Tab, or Insert Modify View Orientation, or just press thespace bar. The icon looks like a telescope. An orientation dialogue box will appear. Click on thepush pin to keep the box open. Double click on the view name in the box which you wish tochange. Then single click on the view you wish it to be. Finally, click on the update standardviews, the center icon on the top of the box. Y ou will get a warning message which statesChanging the standard view will change the orientation of any standard orthogonal, named andchild views in the drawings of this model. Select yes to make the change. You may reset thestandard views you first selected by clicking on the right icon Reset Standard Views, or by justredefining the standard views again. Click the X in the upper right corner to close the dialoguebox when you are done.

When setting ascalefor a drawing choose a standard setting 1:1, 1:2, 1:4, 1:8, 1:10, 2:1, 4:1 etc.Do not use 1:3 or 2:3 settings. Three is a poor number to work with and should be avoided.

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With the views in the drawings you should havehidden lines visible in the standard three views,but hidden lines should not be shown for isometric, section views or auxiliary views. Tangentedges should not be visible except in isometric views with major curved edges that disappear.When this is the case use tangent edges with font or phantom lines. This will give a display withthe dashed phantom line for the tangent edges hence distinguishing these edges from part edges.

When you are in a drawing, you should always create a special layer for dimensions and anotherlayer for geometrical dimensional tolerances. The layers should be different colors for quickidentification of each item. This also allows each particular layer to be turned off if not needed.

Whendimensionsare added to a drawing they will very often become cramped. There areseveral things you may do to alleviate this cramping. The default length of arrows is .5 inches or12 mm. If you change these to .2 inches or 5 mm the smaller arrow size will give more room fordimensions. The default font size is about 13 points. A font of 10 to 12 points is appropriate for asize A drawing (8 by 11). Go to Tools Options Document Properties. The Arrow menuwill allow you to set the arrow size under length. The Annotations font Dimensions allows the

font size to be changed. Do not change the Notes/Balloon font size as that will change the titleblock size. If a note has to be changed do that in the Property Manager for the particular noteunder text format.

To dimension a hole created byHole Wizard use thehole callout tool. This tool icon (vn) is

found in the annotation tool bar. If the call out gives a THRU or THRU ALL, you will have todelete these notations in the Property Manager. The rest of the callouts for counterborecountersink, depths and angles will be correct. If you are having a callout for a tapped hole, youwill also have to delete the pilot hole line.

When you are in theedit sheet format entering items into the title block, be very careful whendouble clicking on an item. If you move the mouse during the clicks you will drag the item out ofalignment and need to realign the item.

Save your parts and drawings often to the ThawSpace drive on the hard drive. If youexperience a crash, you will find the last save you made still on that drive. It is the only non-volatile section of the computer. When you are done Drag and Drop your files to own drive.You should erase the files on the ThawSpace drive after you are sure that you have good copies.

Tosave your filesto a memory device other than ThawSpace, dont use the save as function inthe file menu. You should have been saving your file to the hard drive. Go to the desk top and

drag the file to the proper drive. Y ou should be using flash memory, which are fairly reliable, butit is always wise to keep a back up copy of your work. In transferring your work to the serveragain use the drag and drop. Saving to the server locks those files as long as your SolidWorks isopen. A major part of your lab grade is from your electronic copy and lost files count againstyou. You should retain a copy of all your work for the quarter in case there are any questionslater on.

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If you are in a drawing and have tochange the name of a part file, you may use save as onthe part file to create the new name. Be sure that both the part, the drawing and possibly theassembly are open before using Save AS. Y ou will get a dialogue box which will allow you tosay that you want the line to follow the file. If you just change the name of a part file inWindows, you will break the link and the corresponding drawing file will not be able to open

because it will be looking for the old file name.

Inprintingthe file, color should not be used. In the printer dialogue box somewhere,depending on the printer and OS, will be a selection to print only in black and white. Select thisoption before printing. Do not select gray scale as this will result in very light lines. If yourprinter does not have this feature, then print on the lab computers as light lines will result ingrade deductions. Even on a laser printer which prints in black only, select this option and avoidprinting in gray scale.

Thetitle blockswere designed for the labs laser printers. Many ink jet printers have differentprint areas and cut off part of the title block. If this happens you will have to modify the title

block or print on the lab computers. Also the SolidWorks watermark may cover up part of thetitle block information. If this occurs you must add a note (not handwritten) to the drawinglisting the covered up information. If parts of the drawing or dimensions are covered by thewatermark move the drawing around to clear the information. The printed title blocks must havea complete border around them. Do not change the printers scaleto get the border onto thepage as this will result in a drawing with an incorrect altered scale. If you cannot change the titleblocks to fit your printer use the lab printers.

All the files, title blocks and check points you will need will be placed on theserver for Lab 20-150. You should retrieve the days files at the beginning of the lab session. To get to the serverfor ME152 or ME153:

Start : My Computer : My Network Places : Entire Network : Microsoft Windows Network :pclab : MELAB02 : ME152 or ME153. Drag files needed over to a folder in the ThawSpacedrive to use. If you cannot find pclab in MSNetwork windows, pick Search on the top barand type in MELAB02.

The naming of electronic files is done for my identification of your files. There are hundreds offiles turned in each week and they are put into a common folder. The only way your files may beidentified is if you use the designated naming procedures. Use only your last name followed byone or two characters a digit and letter for lab identification.

If your drawing tools act oddly (big +sign cursors) look to see if there is a command line at thebottom of the screen. To get rid of this got to Tools: Add-ins: and deselect SolidWorks 2DEditor. This editor allows SolidWorks to emulate AutoCAD drawing methods and is somethingyou do not want on.

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Student Copies of SolidWorks

SolidWorks supplies copies of the current student version of SolidWorks free of charge forstudents to load into their home computers. The link to the download is available at the MEwebsite: me.calpoly.edu Student Resources - Free and Low Cost Software or

me.calpoly.edu/resources/software. This is a 2.1 GB download so a broadband connection isdesirous. This version has a 150 day license. After this time SolidWorks will not run and maynot be reloaded. The license will also expire on November 30, 2009 even if the 150 days havenot expired.

This version is nearly the same as the version in lab. However all pages created with the studentversions will have a watermark SolidWorks Student License, Academic Use Only. This willappear on every page printed and cannot be removed. It is the students responsibility to makesure that no vital information is covered up by the watermark. If in information is covered, itmust be placed in a note somewhere on the drawing. Also, if printing at home make sure that theprinter is set to print in black and white only. Do not print in colors or gray scale. If the borders

do not print out as heavy block lines, the printer is in gray scale mode. If that is the case theprinters in lab must be used.

When SolidWorks is started at home, it will come up with the factory set defaults which aredifferent from those in the lab. The defaults may be set as you wish by going to the menu bar Tools Options. You are encouraged to experiment to get a set of defaults you like. Some of thedefaults may be obtained by loading in the templates of the parts and assembly from the lab.

To have the same templates on your home computer as are on the lab computer, you may copythe templates in the lab and place them in your hard drive. Open a new part or assembly in thelab. Save it untouched to your own drive. Then on your computer open the file, Save as, and thenchange the file type to template, and finally save it as a template. It will be placed in the rightfolder by SolidWorks. The templates contain many of the defaults found in lab. These are thefiles that are available when you open a new part, assembly or drawing (ctrl n).

Student editions of SolidWorks with a two year license may be purchased online fromwww.academicsuperstore.com. Straight SolidWorks runs about $90 while SolidWorks withCOSMOS is about $140. These are still student editions but have all the features found on the labcomputers.

Note that SolidWorks is a forward compatible software which is updated each year. That meansthat files created in SolidWorks 2008, for example, may not be opened in SolidWorks 2007, but

the reverse is true. SolidWorks 2007 files may be opened in SolidWorks 2008. The industrialversion is always a year ahead which means that it may not be used for the course as none of thefiles it creates may be opened in lab.

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Geometric Relations:

The geometric relations or constraints are a new feature to the first time users of parametricprograms. There are several common constraints utilized in fixing features. Note that arcsinclude full circles.

Relation Sketch Entity Changes Undergone

Coincident A point and a line or arc Point lies on the arc or line

Colinear Two or more lines Lines line on the same theoretical infiniteline

Concentric Two or more arcs Arcs share the same centerpoint

Coradial Two or more arcs Items share the same centerpoint and haveequal radii

Equal Two or more lines or twoor more arcs

Line lengths and arc radii stay equal

Horizontal orVertical

One or more lines or twoor more points.

Lines become horizontal or vertical;points are aligned horizontally orvertically.

Intersection Two lines and one point Point remains at the intersection of thelines. This can be a projected intersection

Midpoint A point and a line Point remains at the midpoint of the line.

Parallel Two or more lines Lines become parallelPerpendicular Two lines Lines become perpendicular

Pierce A sketch point and anaxis, edge, line, arc orspline

Sketch point becomes coincident to wherethe axis et. al. pierces the plane of thesketch.

Symmetric A centerline and twopoints. Lines, arcs orsplines

Items remain symmetrical about thecenterline

Tangent An arc or spline and a

line, arc, or spline

Items remain tangent.

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Hole Wizard Tool

When drilling holes for fasteners using Hole

Wizard, first select (left click) where on thepart you want the hole placed beforeopening Hole Wizard. Y ou cannot be in asketch to use Hole Wizard. Once in the HWmenu determine what type of hole you aredrilling and pick the proper icon on top counterbore, countersink, hole (regular andclearance) or tapped hole. The standard forall the holes used in this course is ANSIInch (ANSI metric).

If you have more than one hole to add it is

best to use Hole Wizard to insert the firsthole and then use either a Linear Pattern orCircular Pattern to locate the other holes.

To insert acounterbore, first select theproper screw type. (See figure 1 below.)When you make your selection, SolidWorkswill then offer a list of available screw sizesfor that particular screw. If you cannot findthe right size (major diameter) check if youhave the correct screw type. The endcondition will almost always be through all.

To check on the counter bore dimensionsopen the Custom Sizing Box at the bottomof the Property Manager. You should notchange any of the default settings unlessabsolutely sure that you have to over-ridethe defaults. Do not change the defaults as ashortcut. If they are not the correct values,go back and select another screw size. Thethru hole will be larger than the majordiameter as SolidWorks computes thenecessary clearance.

To locate the hole select the Positions tab onthe top of the manager. Be careful that youdo not click any where on the drawing orpart as the cursor is by default a point tooland every time you click you add anotherfixed hole to the part. After pickingPositions first select either Add Relations orSmart Dimensions to begin placing the hole.It will usually take a combination of two of

these to fully define a holes position. When

it is fully defined click OK twice to add thefeature.

The same steps are followed for acountersink. (Figure 2.) Select the secondicon in the top row. The usual inch screwtype is a flat head 82. A wide head is 100and a metric is 90. Placing the hole is donethe same way as for a counter bore.

When a callout is assigned in the drawingsyou will have to delete the thru in the

callout as thru is now the default. Also anyplacement location dimensions used in HoleWizard will have to be added by hand in thedrawing.

When selecting holes, there are two types toconsider, astraight holeand aclearancehole. (Figures 3 and 4.) These are selectedunder screw type the third icon in the toprow. A straight hole is one where you pickthe drill size to use on the hole. It is best toselect Fractional Drill Sizes for screw type

so the size menu will be shorter. For all drillsizes you will have to scroll through allnumbered and lettered drill sizes to find thecorrect size. The sizes are listed fromsmallest to largest where the numbered andletter drills are usually the smallest. Scrolldown to find the size you need. Again checkthe hole size in the Custom Sizing box. Youshould not change the dimensions in theCustom Sizing Box. If the dimension is notcorrect pick the correct drill size in the upperbox. The end condition and depth may have

to be changed to meet your needs, however.

If you need aclearance hole, select ScrewClearance in the pull down menu for screwtype. When you pick the size pick the sizescrew for which you want the clearancehole, SolidWorks will compute the properclearance size for the screw. For example aclearance hole for a 7/16 inch screw as

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shown in Figure 4 will be .4687 inches indiameter for a normal fit (.0312 larger then7/16 inch) . Most holes will be a normal fit.

You should only have to change the EndCondition and Depth settings.

To locate the hole, follow the Positionsinstructions for the counter bore above.

If you need atoleranced holefor a fit suchas RC or FN, do not use Hole Wizard. Justdo an extruded cut and tolerance the hole inthe property manager.

If a hole has threads you must use the Tapicon - first icon second row - to get atappedhole. For type select tapped hole. Onlyselect a bottom tapped hole when the piece

you are working with is too thin and anormal tapped hole will have the pilot drillpierce the opposite side. Then find theproper thread size in the pull down menu.

Next select the proper end condition. If it isthrough all you do not have to worry.However if it is a blind hole you will havetwo conditions. The first is the pilot hole. Donot change this depth. The second conditionis the thread depth. This is the value tochange if necessary. When this value is

changed the pilot hole depth will adjustaccordingly. Changing the pilot hole depthmanually may result in a situation where thepilot hole is shallower than the thread depth an impossible situation. SolidWorks may

then label this feature as a bad feature in theFeature manager.

The next box down is the Options box.CheckCosmetic thread and in the pulldown menu below, select Without thread

callout. Then check thread class thedefault is 2B. Change this if you have aloose or tight fit. To locate the hole, followthe Positions instructions for the counterbore above.

When you use thehole callout icon todimension a tapped hole in a drawing, therewill be a two line callout. The first line is thepilot hole callout. Current practice is toeliminate this line and only have the threadcallout. Any good machinist will know

which pilot drill to use and the correct depthfor a given tapped hole.

With a little searching just about any holefor a standard fastener may be found in HoleWizard, so use the proper hole. Only useCustom Sizing to change the defaults if youknow your hole is non-standard.

For all of the types of holes after clicking onPositions, do not click in the drawing or

anywhere on the part as that will addrandom holes. First click in the sketch toolbar on Add Relations or Smart Dimensionsand then locate the hole to get it fullydefined. It usually takes two dimensions andor relations to locate a hole.

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Standard Steps for Hole Wizard

1. Click near where the hole is to be located.2. Select Hole Wizard3. Select type of hole icon, type of screw,

screw size, hole depth and type.4. Click on Positions Tab; do not click in

drawing.5. Select either Add Relations or Smart

dimension and locate the hole. It willusually take two dimensions or relationsor one of each to fully define the hole.

6. Select OK twice.7. To edit either the hole or its position, right

click on the name of the part in theFeature Manager and select EditFeature.

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Style Sheet for Drawings

There are many different valid ways ofpresenting drawings. Usually a company

will pick one particular set of rules touse for all their drawings. This stylesheet is to set out the rules that will beused in this course for drawingpresentation, and for various SolidWorksapplications. There are alwaysexceptions, but in most cases with a bitof forethought the rules may befollowed.

Hidden Lines: Hidden lines shall be

present in any standard view (front, top,right, back, bottom and left. ) They willnot be visible in other views (sections,isometrics, auxiliaries.)

GDT: A geometric dimensiontolerancing control box should beattached to the edge of a body using abent leader. Attaching them to extensionlines should be avoided. The leadersshould not go to a face, but, rather an

edge. Only one leader per control box isto be used. If there is more than onecontrol box referencing a given edge, theboxes should be stacked using a singledialog box. The datum boxs trianglesshould also be attached directly to theedge to which they refer. Againextension lines should be avoided if atall possible. The boxes are not to beattached to a control box.

Tapped Holes: When callouts fortapped holes are given, the pilot holedimensions should be deleted.SolidWorks includes them, but currentpractice is to let the machinist select theproper drill.

Thru Holes: Old dimensioning alwaysincluded THRU or THRU ALL for

through holes. Current practice haseliminated these words. In the absenceof any depth markings a hole is assumedto be through. When using SolidWorks,be sure to eliminate these words or aspecified depth when the hole is through.

Scales: For all drawings, both metric andEnglish, use a colon (:) separator in thescale notation rather than an =sign, or adesignation like half or full scale. Thus

the scale would be given as 1:4, forexample. When selecting a scale, do notuse any number which is a multiple of 3.Use only 1, 2, 4, 5, 8 and 10.

Hole Locations: When a hole is placedusing Hole Wizard, the locatingdimensions are often not included in thedrawing. You will have to put them inmanually. Check every hole and see if itis properly dimensioned. It will usually

require two dimensions to do this, unlessa hole is aligned with another hole or adefinite symmetry is clear.

Clearance Holes: If a standard fasteneris to pass through a hole a clearance holewill be used. This hole is usually .01 to.05 larger than the fastener depending onsize. Using a clearance hole feature inHole Wizard, the clearance willautomatically be computed.

Tolerances: When adding a defaulttolerance to a drawing, .01 inches or0.1 mm are the standards. Selecting toolarge a tolerance will lead to interferenceof pieces which have to fit together.Selecting too small a tolerance will driveup the cost of a piece. Whatever

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tolerance you select, the dimensionsshould have the same number of decimalplaces as the tolerance. Thus if a .01inch tolerance is used all dimensionsshould only have two decimal places. If

a dimension has to override the defaultand have more decimals, there should bea tolerance attached to the dimensionitself. This occurs often when RC andFN fits are applied.

Standard Views: When the standardthird angle views are used (Front, Top,Right) they do not have to be labeled,but should be in the proper orientationwith each other, i.e. the top view above

the front and the right view to the rightof the front. In complicated pieces it isoften necessary to include a left, back orbottom view to show all the details.These views should be clearly labeled asto what they are even if they are in theproper orientation with the standardviews. This applies to the various sectionviews and auxiliary views as well.

Tangent Edges: Tangent edges are notto be used in standard drawing views.These are the lines where a flat edgebegins to go into a curve. SolidWorksoften tries to put these lines in, it is up toyou to eliminate them. In an isometricview where there are rounded edges, it issometimes helpful to include the tangentedges for clarity. If they are included, donot use solid lines, but rather usetangent edges with font. This showsthe edges with phantom lines which areclearly discernable fro the regular edges.

Concentric Circles: If you have adrawing with several concentric circles,do not dimension then in an end viewusing leader lines. Put the dimensions ina side view or a lateral section viewwhere the features being dimensioned

are clearer. The only concentric circlewhich should be dimensioned in the endview is the B.C. (bore center) circlewhich is used to locate the centers ofholes.

Cutting Lines: When adding a sectionline in a drawing, make sure that youhave the none layer active. Placing asection line in a layer causes the line toturn off when the layer is turned off. Thesame holds true when adding centerlines. The layer of a cutting line or acenter line may not be changed once theline has been drawn.

Hole Wizard Points: When drillingholes with Hole Wizard, select a pointnear where the hole is to be located,beforeentering Hole Wizard. You willhave more flexibility locating the hole. Ifyou select the point first, Hole Wizardwill create a two dimensional sketch. Ifthe point is not picked first, a threedimensional sketch will be created,causing a more involved feature andpossible resulting in a fixed point.

When inserting aBill of Materials(BOM) into an assembly drawing, do notaccept the default font; it is too large.Change the font size to 8 points (Tools Options Document Properties -Annotations Font Tables) andmanually make the rows and columns asnarrow as possible. Attach the BOM toone of the title block corners. Whenusing a lower corner, change the BOMso that the heading is at the bottom andthe items read up.

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Style Sheet for Parts

When creating parts plan ahead beforedoing any drawing. Decide if there areany planes of symmetry or nearlysymmetry. Your origin should be on anyplane of symmetry or the intersections ofplanes of symmetry if there is more thanone. Also decide how the part should beoriented what are the front, top andright faces. This will determine theplanes to be used for the initialextrusions.

A sketch should consist of a closed loops

which do not intersect. Each loop shouldhave only one line to follow if you traceit with a pencil. Loops with more thanone path, a dangling edge or an openpath are called open sketches and shouldbe avoided. These do not extrudeproperly and can cause problems in thepart. Also each sketch should be fullydefined before extruding. With the firstsketch this will necessitate fixing thesketch to the origin in some way, either

through relations or dimensions. If youuse dimensions, you will have to makesure that those dimensions areeliminated from the drawing dimensionsas they are meaningless for the creationof a part.

After extruding, get into the habit ofrenaming each feature so that it may bequickly identified at a later time forediting. This is documenting your part so

that if someone else has to work withyour part and possibly modify it, thevarious features will be easilyidentifiable.

When your part is completed thereshould be no free standing sketches sketches that are not part of a feature. If

there are free standing sketches you partwas not constructed properly.

All planes, temporary axes anddimensions should be turned off on acompleted part. For the planes and axes,go the view menu in the menu bar andturn each off. Leave the origin on in thepart. To hide the dimensions, right clickon Annotations in the Feature Managerand select Show Feature Dimensions toturn them off. If any dimensions are stillvisible, click on them and delete them as

they are dimensions that were addedwhen not in the sketch mode and donothing for the part.

When doing a rotational extrude, makesure all diameter dimensions are doneutilizing the center line and that there areno radius dimensions in the sketch.

When using the fillet tool to roundcorners or add fillets, do this operation

last, so the corners will be available forconstruction purposes. If two or morefillets or rounds have the samedimensions place them in the same filletcommand. When using the shellcommand, the fillet command has toprecede the shell command.

When dimensioning angles in features,always use acute angles rather thanobtuse angles. That way the acute angle

comes into the drawing dimensionproperly. Also, do not dimension thelength of a sloped line, use the angle ortwo linear dimensions.

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SolidWorks Terms - Glossary

To use this glossary most effectively, read through it each week after lab and check each itemcovered. Also note the lab demo in which it was used so that you can go back and see an example ofthe operations involving it.

Add Relations Used to connect related geometry. (Concentric, Colinear, Midpoint, Tangent,Parallel, etc.

Assembly - An assembly consists of two or more parts mated together. The different parts are calledcomponents

Auxiliary View Displays a plane parallel to an existing edge on a part with true dimensions.Usually tied to one of the principle views.

Axis A straight line used for creating model geometry, features or patterns.

Balloons Balloons are numbers in circles used to identify components in an assembly layout. Theyare connected to the component by a bent leader.

Base Feature The first feature created. Serves as the foundation for the part. Usually kept simple.

Bill Of Materials A parts list. In an assembly drawing it is a table that relates the componentsdepicted by balloons to the part name, part or drawing number and quantity of the part.

Boss Feature Any feature added to a base.

Center Marks Two perpendicular intersecting centerlines used to show the center of a hole.

Centerline A working line used for mirroring geometries or for setting certain features. Centerlinesdo not appear in the final model.

Chamfer - Removes sharp edges or corners from a feature or part by angling the edge with a flatface.

Circular Pattern Creates a circular pattern of a seed diagram in a feature or a sketch. A temporaryaxis is required to create the pattern.

Clearance Hole A nontapped hole for a screw to pass through. The hole is slightly larger thant thescrews major diameter.

Collapse The opposite of explode. Returns an exploded assembly view back to its normal state.

Component A part or subassembly within an assembly.

Conformation Corner: When in a sketch the upper right corner becomes a purple arrow and red Xdesignating that a sketch is open.

Construction Line To create a construction line (other than a centerline) in a sketch, draw theentity. In the property manager check the For Construction box and it will change into aconstruction line which will not be included in the object.

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Control-Drag Holding down the control key while dragging an object. Used to copy a feature or adimension.

Control Tab When several windows are open at once use control-tab (hold down the control keyand press the tab key) to cycle through them. Keep holding the control key down and you canselect the part, assembly or drawing you wish from the selection window which appears.

Cosmetic Threads This is the simplified threads representation in SolidWorks. It is found throughthe menu Insert/Annotations/Cosmetic Threads.

Detailed View An enlarged area of an existing view. Used to show fine details in a part.

Diameter Dimension When you have a part which is created by a revolution about an axis, do alldimensions across the center line. After rotation they will become diameter dimensions.

Dimensions Used to completely define a sketch before extruding or cutting.

Dimension Tool Used to enter dimensions into a sketch.

Dome Creates a dome on top of a plane end. It may be elliptical, circular, non-elliptical, convex orconcave.

Drawing One of the three types of files for SolidWorks. This is used to present the workingpresentations of a part or an assembly. Parts are usually displayed as three view drawings on atitle block.

Draft Angle The degree of taper applied to a face. Applied to parts which are molded or cast.

Drawing Template Contains the title block for each type of layout used. For this course, they willbe size A (letter) in either portrait or landscape layouts.

Edit Sheet Format Mode In a drawing, this is used to update and add features to the title block.Note: Any drawings are suppressed (disappear) when this mode is active. They will reappearwhen you exit this mode.

Edit Sheet Mode In a drawing used to add and modify the views of a part, add dimensions,geometric dimensions, notes and special views.

Edit Sketch To amend a sketch of a feature, right click on the feature in the Feature Manager andselect edit sketch.

Exploded View An assembled set of components may be exploded to show how all the parts fit

together.Extruded Base First 3-D part of any part using a sketch.

Extruded Boss Adding material to a part using a sketch.

Extruded Cut Removing material from a part using a sketch.

Face A selectable area of a model or feature. A 2-D surface.

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Feature Manager The tree on the left side of the screen which shows all the individual features inthe order they were created. It allows one to select and revise any detail of the part or assembly.

Features Building blocks of any part. Features add or remove material to a part. They are createdfrom either a 2-D sketch or from existing geometry.

Fillet Removes sharp edges from a feature or part by rounding the edge. Cosmetic fillets areusually done at the end of the drawing. Make the fillets with the larger radii first. Include allmultiple fillets with the same radii in the same command. Both fillets and rounds are createdthrough the fillet command.

Fill Screen Typing an f forces the object to fill the screen.

First Angle View This is the primary three view mode in Europe. It consists of the bottom, frontand left views.

Geometric Relations To force certain behaviors or restrictions on the sketch element. Someavailable relations are: Horizontal, Vertical, Perpendicular, Parallel, Tangent, Intersection,

Coincident, Midpoint, Concentric

Graphics Area The area where parts, assemblies or drawings appear.

Helix/Spiral Curve A helix is a curve with a pitch. The curve is created about an axis.

Hole Callout Automatically creates the proper note to dimension a hole created with the holewizard with the proper symbology and dimensions.

Hole Wizard Used to create specialized holes in an object. Can produce simple, clearance,counterbored, countersunk and tapped holes.

Instance An item in a pattern or component that appears more than once in an assembly.

Layers Layers may be defined in drawings only. They allow one to place different entities indifferent layers which may be turned off at will.

Leader Line A line connecting a dimension or note to its particular feature. Usually a leader line isconstructed of a bent line headed by an arrow.

Linear Pattern- Creates a linear 2 dimensional array of a seed diagram in a feature or a sketch. Thearray is made parallel to one or two sides of a feature.

Loft Feature A Loft creates transitions between two or more profiles, each on a different plane. A

loft boss/base adds material while a loft cut removes material.Mates Geometric relationships that define how various parts are aligned and fit together in an

assembly.

Mirror A copy of a selected feature reflected about a plane or planar face. In a sketch it is a copy ofa sketch entity reflected about a centerline.

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Model View This is used to include another view besides the standard three. It may be isometric,back, bottom, left, etc.

Modify Dimension Double click on a dimension while editing a part sketch to modify a dimension.

Mouse Center Wheel To zoom in or out roll the center wheel. To pan hold down the control key

with the center button. To rotate a part or assembly, push down the mouse wheel and move themouse. To pan hold down both the control key and the mouse wheel and then move the mouse.

Notes Adds text to a drawing. May be used with leaders or as just plane text. If an edge, face orvertex was selected prior to adding the note, the leader will be attached to the selected feature.

Open Profile A sketch or sketch entity with endpoints exposed.

Options: Tool Menu Sets all the parameters for the part or drawing. Things such as units, numberof decimals, fonts, tolerances, etc.

Origin Represents the 0,0,0 point in a model. In a active sketch, it represents the 0,0,0 point of that

sketch.

Part One of the three main files of SolidWorks. It is here where each individual item is created.Only one solid contiguous object is allowed in a part file.

Pattern Creating a linear pattern or a circular pattern in two or three dimensions.

Plane Used to define the flat surface on which to sketch. The three default planes are Front, Top orRight. Other planes may be defined using the plane tool.

Property Manager The tree on the left side of the SolidWorks window used for editing sketchesand definitions of entities.

Rebuild After any changes in a sketch or definition, the part must be rebuilt before proceeding.

Relation A geometric constraint between entities in a sketch or with axes, edges or vertices..

Revolved Base/Boss Adds material to a feature by means of revolution. It requires a centerline anda sketch on a sketch plane. This may be a complete revolution or any angle defined.

Revolved Cut - Removes material to a feature by means of revolution. It requires a centerline and asketch on a sketch plane. This may be a complete revolution or any angle defined.

Rib Adds material between contours of existing geometry. Ribs add structural integrity to a partwithout adding much mass.

Section View Shows the internal cross section of a part, component or assembly and shows aninterior feature. These may be done anywhere in a component.

Seed Diagram A feature or group of features which are used as input to a feature tool such as linearpatterns, circular patterns or a feature mirror.

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Select Other If you cannot get the right entity to select, right click on one, choose other and rightclick until the correct entity is selected, then left click.

Shaded View Displays the model as a colored solid.

Sheet Format In a drawing the sheet format includes the title block, page size orientation, standard

text, borders and so on.

Shell A shell tool takes a solid object and makes it into a thin-walled object.

Sketch A 2-D profile of a feature. Sketches are created on a flat plane or face within a model.

Sketch Colors The lines of a sketch change colors to show how well the feature is defined. Blueimplies under defined, black means fully defined, red means it is over defined and yellowmeans impossible geometry.

Sketch Mirroring Used with a centerline while producing a symmetrical sketch. When invokedanything drawn on one side of the centerline can be mirrored to the other side. Only half the

object needs to be dimensioned as the mirrored objects will reflect any changes in the original.

Smart Mates Mates that are automatically invoked when a component is placed into an assembly.These are concentric or coincident mates.

Sub-assemblies An assembly which is used in a higher assembly just like another part.

Suppressed When a feature or component is suppressed, it is not shown on the screen. This gets thefeature out of the way during an operation. The feature or component may be unsuppressed atany time and it will reappear.

Surface A zero thickness planar or 3-D entity with edge boundaries often used to create solid

features.

Sweep Adds or removes material along a predefined line. A sweep needs at least a profile sketchand a path sketch.

System Feedback While drawing or positioning objects, the cursor changes its look, givingfeedback on what it is pointing at or details about what is being drawn.

Third Angle View The standard three view mode in the USA. It consists of the Front, Top andRight views. This is the default for SolidWorks.

Three View Standard front, top and right views in a drawing.

Title Block Each company has its own unique title block. On drawings, this gives all the relevantinformation about the part, i.e. name, part number, date, tolerance, name of drawer, scale,material, revisions, etc.

Tolerance The difference between the maximum and minimum variation in a dimension.

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Trim Used to cut away extra parts of lines.

Under Defined A sketch is under defined when there are not enough dimensions or relations toprevent entities from moving or changing size.

Vertex A point where two or more lines or edges intersect.

Wireframe View A view where all edges are visible. The model is transparent.

Sketch Tools The common tools used in creating a sketch. They may be used in any combinationto complete a sketch.

Arc A circular segment.

Center Point Click on the center of the circle, drag out to the start of the arc and then dragthe arc.

Tangent Used after drawing a line. Click on the end of the line and drag the arc to the other

side. A dotted line shows when the arc makes a 180 angle.Three Point Pick three points (the two end points and then a point in the center) on the arc

to define it.

Circle Draws a complete circle, by clicking on the center and dragging out to the requiredradius.

Convert Entities Used to take existing geometries from one sketch and bring it into the currentsketch. The geometries are related so if the dimensions of the original geometry are changed,the converted entities will change as well.

Extend Extends a line to meet a certain point.

Line Draws a series of straight lines by clicking on the start point and dragging to the endpoint.

Offset Allows certain geometry to be offset a given amount to duplicate the geometry withdifferent dimensions.

Parallelograms similar to the rectangle except that the sides do not have to perpendicular. Ifthe control key is held down when dragging, a rectangle at an angle may be drawn.

Point Allows points to be defined to which other geometry may be attached.

Polygon Is used to create inscribed or circumscribed polygons by defining the number ofsides, the center and radius of the defining circle.

Rectangle Creates a rectangle with the necessary geometrical relations included. Can be acorner rectangle, center rectangle, 3 point corner rectangle, 3 point center rectangle orparallelogram.

Spline A complex curve made up of three or more defining points.

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Laboratory Electronic Grading Shorthand Notation

These abbreviations will be used in the grading of the electronic copies of your labs. Theydelineate the various common mistakes being made.

Notation Meaning

nD Use a diameter dimensionwith a leader and not a lineardimension for a circle, or usea diameter rather than aradius.

nDS Put all diameter dimensionsfor concentric circles in thesection view.

x Remove the depth part fromthe though hole in a hole callout or add a depth to adimension.

AA Use acute angles fordimensions. Do not useobtuse angles.

AL Angle leader line, do nothave it vertical or horizontal

ALFA Datums should be inalphabetical order with noletters skipped

AR Section Arrows arebackwards for sectionpresented.

BF Bad FeatureBMF Bill of Material Font. Font

size should be 8 or 9 points,and table reduced to asnarrow as possible.

BMJ Justify BOM columnsBMO Bill of Material order. Either

the order of importance iswrong or the list should read

from the bottom up ifattached at the bottom of thetitle block.

BTH Do not use a bottomingtapped hole. Use a standardtapped hole.

CB Undefined or poorly definedcounterbore or countersinkcallout

CD Center dimensions betweenextension lines

CL Include centerlines in theholes in the section views.

CLS Cutting line for section tooshort. Move the arrows awayfrom the body.

CONS Awkward constructionmethods used to build a part.

CP Use one circular pattern.Combine features into onepattern command.

CT No cosmetic threadsCTEX Do not perform a cut and

extrusion in the same sketch.Use at least two sketches.

DC Dimensions crammedtogether or overlapping

DCL Do original dimension as adiameter from centerline for a

rotated figureDCM Dimension to the center mark

of an arc or slot, not to theedge.

DD Double or DuplicateDimensions

DES The part description ismissing in the BOM

DFB Dimensions too far from thebody

DM Dimension Missing

DOB Dimensions on body - Movethem off.

DPP Dimensions poorly placedDTH Dimension to Hidden Line or

FeatureDTV The drawing needs a detailed

view.DWL Dimensions in Wrong Layer

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DWV Dimension in the WrongView

ED Extra dimensions in a part,not part of a sketch

EL Extra line in part not part of a

sketchEP Extra plane or redundantplane - unnecessary

ES Extra sketch in a part whichis not used in creating afeature

ETL Extension lines too long indrawing dimensions acrossedges of part.

ETS Extension lines too short.Extend them to be close to

the featureEXD Extra Datums placed in GDT.Delete them.

EXM Extra Mates, more thanrequired for desired effect

FC Put all rounds and fillets withthe same radii in the samefillet command.

FF Fillet first, before shellcommand

FL Fillet last on standard partFNC A parts file name was

changer after it was importedinto a drawing so the drawingwill not load

GDTC GDT crowded, spread out theleaders on body.

GDTL Use leaders to attach GDTGDTOB Place GDT Datum on body,

not on extension line orcontrol box.

GDTTH Do not have a GDT leader ordatum attached to a hiddenline.

HC Improper Hole Callout. Usethe hole callout tool to get thecallout if the hole was doneby Hole Wizards and thenmodify as needed.

HW Use Hole Wizard

HWW The wrong setting was usedin Hole Wizard

LC Locate center mark with twodimensions.

LFSK A loft feature needs at least

two sketches to be properlydefined.LH Locate Holes Insufficient

dimensions given to properlyplace holes.

LNS Label all non-standard views,i.e. all views not front, rightof top.

LP Use Linear Pattern toduplicate features.

LPP Poor leader placement,

placed on a corner, parallel toa face or crowding otherleaders.

LS You have a sketch which isjust a line. Always usedclosed loop figures forsketches.

LTE GDT leaders are to point toan edge not a face.

NCL You need a clearance holerather than a drill size hole.

NDL No Dimension LayerNGDTL No GDT LayerNHL No hidden lines in isometric,

auxiliary or section viewNFM Not fully matedNTH A non-tapped hole was used

when a tapped hole wasneeded. Use Hole Wizard toget the proper tapped hole.

NXAS Next Assembly missing orthe wrong number.

ODF Over defined featureOPS Place origin on plane of

symmetryORIG Turn off origins in drawingOS Open sketch there are

double intersecting loops or adangling line

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Sketch Tool Bar

Tools Available:Edit Sketch: Sketch, 3D sketch and Edit SketchSmart Dimensions: Smart, Horizontal, Vertical, Ordinate, Horizontal Ordinate, Vertical

Ordinate Dimensions.Sketch Tools:

Line Line, Center LineRectangles: Corner, Center, 3 Point Corner, 3 Point Center ParallelogramPolygonCircle: Circle, Perimeter CircleArc: 3 Point Arc, Centerpoint Arc, Tangent Arc

Fillet: Sketch Fillet, Sketch ChamferSplineEllipse: Ellipse, Partial Ellipse, ParabolaPointPlaneText

Trim Entities: Trim entities, Extend EntitiesConvert Entities: Convert Entities, Intersection CurveOffset EntitiesMirror EntitiesLinear Sketch Pattern: Linear Sketch Pattern, Circular Sketch Pattern

Move Entities: Move, Copy, Rotate, Scale EntitiesDisplay/Delete Relations: Display/Delete Relations, Add RelationsQuick Snaps: Point, Center Point, Midpoint, Quadrant, Intersection, Nearest, H/V Point,

Grid SnapsRapid SketchView OriginsView PlanesView Temporary Axes

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Feature Tool Bar & Transparent Tool Bar

Tools Available:Extruded Boss/BaseRevolved Boss/BaseSwept Boss/BaseLofted Boss/BaseExtruded CutHole WizardRevolved CutSwept CutLofted Cut

Fillet: Fillet, ChamferLinear Pattern: Linear Pattern, Circular Pattern, Mirror, Curve Driven Pattern, Sketch

Driven Pattern, Table Driven Pattern, Fill PatternRibDraftShellWrapDomeMirrorReference Geometry: Plane, Axis, Coordinate System, Point, Mate ReferenceCurves: Split Line, Composite Curve, Curve Through XYZ Points, Curve Through

Reference Points, Helix and SpiralInstant 3DView OrientationTransparent Tool Bar:Previous ViewNormal ToSection ViewFront, Left, Right, Top, Bottom, Isometric ViewsView Orientation: Top, Isometric, Trimetric, Dimetric, Left, Front, Right, Back, Bottom,

Normal To, Single View, Two View Horizontal, Two View Vertical, Four View,Link Views

Display Style: Shaded With Edges, Shaded, Hidden Lines Removed, Hidden LinesVisible, Wire Frame

Hide/Show Items: Plane, Origins, Axes, Temporary Axes, Coordinate System, Points,Curves, Parting Lines, 3D Sketch Dimensions, All Annotations, Sketches, 3D SketchPlane, Sketch Relations, Grid, Lights, Cameras, Routing Points

RealView GraphicsShadows in shaded Mode

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View Layout Tool Bar

Tools Available:Standard 3 ViewModel ViewProjected ViewAuxillary ViewSection View: Section View, Aligned Section viewDetail ViewBroken Out Section ViewBreakCrop ViewAlternate Position View

Annotation Tool Bar

Tools Available:Smart Dimensions: Smart, Horizontal, Vertical, Baseline, Ordinate, Horizontal Ordinate,

Vertical Ordinate, Chamfer Dimensions.Model ItemsSpell CheckerNoteBalloonAuto BalloonRevision SymbolSurface FinishWeld SymbolHole CalloutGeometric ToleranceDatum FeatureDatum TargetArea Hatch FillBlocks: Make Blocks, Insert BlocksCenter MarkCenterlineTables: General Table, Hole Table, Bill of Materials, Revision Table

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Evaluate Tool Bar

Tools Available:MeasureMass PropertiesSection PropertiesStatisticsCheckImport DiagnosticsHeal EdgesDeviation AnalysisZebra StripesCurvatureDraft AnalysisUndercut DetectionEquationsCOSMOSXpress Analysis WizardCOSMOSFloXpress Analysis WizardDFMXpress Analysis WizardDriveWorksXpress Wizard

DimXpert Tool Bar

Tools Available:Auto DimensionLocation DimensionSize DimensionDatum

Geometric TolerancePattern FeatureShow TolerancesTolAnalyst Study

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Assembly Tool Bar

Tools Available:Edit ComponentInsert Components: Insert Components, New Part, New Assembly, Copy with MatesMatesLinear Component: Linear Component Pattern, Circular Component Pattern, Feature

Driven Component Pattern, Mirror ComponentsSmart FastenersMove Component: Move Component, Rotate ComponentShow Hidden ComponentsAssembly Features: Hole Series, Hole Wizard, Simple Hole, Extruded Cut, Revolved

Cut, Belt/Chain, Weld SymbolReference Geometry: Plane, Axis, Coordinate System, Point, Mate ReferenceNew Motion StudyExploded ViewExploded Line SketchView OriginsView Temporary Axes

Feature Manager

The Feature Manager Shows the Standard Planes and all the features that make up theparticular part.

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