Index

A

absorbed sketches, 372
ACIS, imported geometry and, 1049
activation, Help menu options, 6–7
Add Dimensions option, 66
Add Relation PropertyManager, 71
Add Relation tool, 71
Add Relations dialog box, 71
Add Relations tool, 89
Advanced and Mechanical mates, 462
Advanced interface, 12
Alerts tab (Welcome dialog), 7
Align Collinear/Radial alignment tool, 803
Align Parallel/Concentric alignment tool, 803
alignment
- annotations, 802–803
- breaking, 803
- Dimension palette, 803–804
- dimensions, automatic, 804
- grid snapping, 803
- inferencing, 803
- notes, 771
  - balloons, 771–772
- tools, 803
- views, 750–751
All in This Sketch category, 22
alternate position views, 745–747, 849–850
Alt‐key combinations, 51–52
Ambient Occlusion tool, 152
Animated Explode/Collapse option, 852–853
animation, 669. See also motion; MotionManager
- action speed, 693–694
- assemblies
  - closing exploded, 681–682
  - explodes, 678–681
  - timelines, rotation in, 681
- Basic Motion
  - chains, 698–700
  - contact, 696–697
  - gravity, 696–697
  - motors, 697, 698–700
  - springs, 698–700
- cameras, paths, 688–690
- compressors, 695
- configurations, 671
- contact, 672
- dampers, 672
- display, 673
- dynamic, 672
- exploded view, 677–678
- force, 672
- free motion, 672
- friction, 672
- gravity, 672
- key points and, 672, 684, 691–692
  - copying motion, 693
  - creating, 685–686
  - Disable Playback of View Keys, 684
  - interpolation, 687
  - mirroring motion, 693
  - mistake correction, 687–688
  - Orientation and Camera Views, 684
  - timebar, 685, 692–693
  - view manipulation, 686
  - zooming, 686
- kinematic, 672
- Mate Controller, 700–702
- mates, 672, 682–683
  - angle, 671
  - distance, 671
- MotionManager, 670
- motors, 672
- outputting, 694–695
- parts
  - appearance, 671
  - camera, 671
  - dimensions, 671
  - position, 671
  - transparency, 671
  - views, 671
  - visibility, 671
  - zoom, 671
- PhotoView 360 and, 671
- planning, 672
- playing, 677
- RealView, 673
- rotating, 674–677
- SolidWorks Visualize, 673
- springs, 672
- testing animations, 695
- views, key points, 684–688
- zooms, 682
Animation Wizard, 669, 671, 674–683
Annotation Link Variable, 767
Annotation PropertyManager, 772–773
annotation views, 156–157, 728–729
- reference dimensions, 792
annotations
- alignment, 802–803
  - grid snapping, 803
  - inference, 803
- Design Library, 541
- notes
  - adding, 775
  - alignment, 771
  - balloons, 771–772
  - custom properties, 774–775
  - Fit Text button, 767
  - fonts, 766, 772–773
  - Format Painter, 774
  - leaders, 769–771
  - Linear Note Pattern PropertyManager, 767–769
  - patterns, 767–769
  - placing, 769–770
  - styles, 772–773
  - symbols and, 779
  - text boxes, 766–767
  - text wrapping, 766–767
  - workflow, 765–766
- tutorials, 782–784
Annotations toolbar
- CommandManager, 138
- Note button, 765
ANSI standards, 8
appearance overrides, 590–591
appearances, 160
- Display States and, 163
- versus materials, 159–160
- Overrides, 160–163
- removing, 164–165
- views, applying, 157–158
Appearances (DisplayManager), 157, 160
- Appearance filter, 158
- Appearance palette, 158
- appearances versus materials, 159–160
- applying appearances, 157–158
- Context toolbar, 158
- Display States, 163
- Overrides, 160–163
- removing appearances, 164–165
Appearances PropertyManager, 160–163
Application window controls, 26
Apply Scene tool, 152
Arc tool, 62
arcs
- rectangles, 187
- tangent arcs, 69
- three‐point, 69
Area Hatch/Fill PropertyManager, 857
arrow keys, 144
assemblies, 8, 415–416. See also large assemblies
- animation
  - closing exploded, 681–682
  - explodes, 678–681
  - timelines, rotation in, 681
- BOM (Bill of Materials), 436–437
- bottom‐up assembly, 422
- chamfers, 554–555
- color, layers, 811–812
- Component Selection tool, 528–532
- creating, 125–126
- degrees of freedom, 459–460
- design
  - base parts, 416–417
  - bottom‐up with mates, 416–417
  - bottom‐up with skeleton, 418
  - in‐context design, 419
  - mates, 416–417
- display states, 590–592
- Dynamic Assembly Motion, 459
- elements, 422–423
- equations, 423–424
  - configurations and, 425
  - external references, 424
  - global variables, 424
  - renaming, 424
- exploded, views, 850–854
- FeatureManager, 126
- features, applying, 430–431
- Fillet Beads, 1036–1038
- fillets, 554–555
- folders, 438–440
- layout sketches, 426–427
- library, 543
- mates, 127–128
  - Mates folder, 638
  - solving, 435
- modeling
  - base parts, 416–417
  - bottom‐up with mates, 416–417
  - bottom‐up with skeleton, 418
  - in‐context design, 418
  - master model, 421–422
  - mates, 416–417
  - multibody, 419–421
- motion, dynamic, 872
- parts, 429
  - layers, 812–813
  - modeling in place, 419
  - new, 606–607
- Performance Evaluation tool, 651
- populating, 126–127
- PropertyManager, 126
- reference geometry, 428
- Reload tool, 653–654
- SolidWorks Explorer, 425
- SolidWorks Treehouse, 425–426
- starting, 606
- subassemblies, 433–434
  - from existing parts, 434–435
  - flexible, 435–436
  - mates, moving to, 650–651
  - parts, adding and removing, 649–650
  - process depiction, 437–438
  - purchased components, 437
  - relative motion, 437
  - Treehouse and, 649
- Tree Display, 440–443
- tutorial, 443–446
- types, 416
- virtual components, 428
- Weld Beads, 1036–1038
assembly configurations
- Advanced Component Selection, 594
- best practices, 600
- Configuration Publisher, 599–600
- design tables, 599
- Isolate function, 594
- Modify Configuration interface, 599–600
- parts
  - lightweight, 595
  - speed and, 593–594
- performance and, 592
- positions
  - mates and, 596–597
  - sketches and, 597–598
- product variations and, 598–599
- resolved, 595–596
- SpeedPaks, 593, 595
- suppression, 592–593
- tutorial, 600–604
assembly cuts, 550–552
- FeatureScope and, 552–554
assembly drawings
- Broken‐Out section view, 858
  - closed loop, 858–859
  - depth, 859
  - editing, 860
  - properties, 860
- detached drawings, 861–862
- Draft Quality views, 865–866
- features, dimensioning, 845–846
- lightweight drawings, 863
- properties
  - assigning document driving, 846–847
  - linking notes to custom, 847
- Section view
  - alignment, 856–857
  - hatching, 856–857
  - Isometric Sections, 856
  - parts, excluding, 855
- SpeedPak and, 863–865
- templates, multi‐page, 847–849
- tutorial, 866–868
- views
  - alternate position, 849–850
  - color, 860–861
  - exploded, 850–854
Assembly Drawings folder, 847
assembly layouts, 499
- master model technique, 504–505
- modeling, 614–615
- sketches, 500–504
assembly modeling versus multibody modeling, 872–873
Assembly Performance Evaluation, 532
assembly tree, history‐based/non‐history‐based portions, 428–429
AssemblyXpert, 532
associative links
- base parts, 24
- derived parts, 24
- inserted parts, 24
associativity, 24
- bidirectional, 24
asymmetric fillets, 232, 240–241
- profiles, 241–242
asymmetrical chamfers, 254–255
Auto Insert Dimension tool, 86
Auto Relief feature, 956–957
Auto Trace, 196
Autodimension PropertyManager, 794–795
autodimensioning, 794–795
Automatic Relations setting, 90
Automatic Solve setting, 90–91
auto‐transitioning, 69
auxiliary views, 745
axes, 94
asymmetric fillets, profiles, 241–242

B

balloons, 771–772
- magnetic lines, 771–772
Base Flange method, 949–950
- Base Flange/Tab tool, 950–951
- BaseBend features, 951
base parts
- associative links, 24
- configurations, 354–355
Baseline Dimension tool, 86
baseline dimensions, 793–794
Basic Motion, 669
- chains, 698–700
- contact, 696–697
- gravity, 696–697
- MotionManager, 670
- motors, 697, 698–700
- springs, 698–700
Belt/Chain mate, 470–471
Belt/Chain tool, 92
Bend Allowance feature, 953
- bend calculation tables, 955–956
- Bend Deduction, 954–955
- bend tables, 953–954
- K‐factor, 954
bend calculation tables, 951–953
Bend Radius feature, 953
BibleInchTemplate.prtdot template, 99
bidirectional assocativity, 24
Bill of Materials PropertyManager, 837
BIM (building information model), 667
black boxes, 878
Block menus, 779–780
Block PropertyManager, 775–776
blocks, 725–726
- creating, 778
- Design library, 775
- editing, 779
- exploding, 779
- inserting, 775–778
- rebuilding, 779
- sketch relations
  - adding, 777
  - definition, 777
  - editing, 778
  - existing, 776
  - layers, 778
  - leaders, 778
  - lock angle, 778
  - parameters, 778
  - text/dimension display, 778
Blocks and Belts tutorial, 102–105
Blocks toolbar
- Add/Remove tool, 92
- Belt/Chain tool, 92
- Edit Block tool, 92
- Explode Block tool, 92
- Insert Block tool, 92
- Make Block tool, 92
- Rebuild Block tool, 92
- Save Block/Save Sketch As Block tool, 92
bodies
- disjointed, connecting, 888
- Feature Scope, 889–890
- indents, 879–881
- parasolids, 1051–1052
- sharing, multibody modeling, 876–877
- solid, patterns and, 293
- surface, patterns and, 293
Body folders, 895–897
BOMs (Bills of Materials), 14
- creating, manually, 821
- default, 821
- sample, 822
- table‐based
  - appearance, 827
  - columns, 828
  - combining indented, 827–828
  - configurations, 824–825
  - dissolving indented, 827–828
  - editing, 826–829
  - Excel‐based, retiring, 829
  - indented lists, 827–828
  - item numbers, 826
  - Keep Missing Items, 825
  - numbering indented, 827–828
  - restructured indented, 827–828
  - rows, 828
  - table anchors, 823–824
  - templates, 822–823
  - types, 824
  - Zero Quantity Display, 826
- tutorials, 837–840
Boolean operations, multibody modeling and, 875
Bottom Line
- animation, 1145
- annotations, 1147
- assemblies
  - building, 1136–1137
  - configurations, 1142
  - drawings, 1150–1151
  - features, 1141–1142
  - sketches, 1139–1140
- assemblies tools, 1140–1141
- automation, 1145–1146
- colors, 1149
- dimensioning, 1148–1149
- Direct Editing, 1161–1162
- display states, 1142
- drawing views, 1146–1147
- drawings, 1129–1130, 1150
- editing, 1135–1136, 1143–1144
- equations, 1134
- evaluating, 1135–1136, 1143–1144
- Hole Wizard, 1141–1142
- imported geometry, 1161–1162
- interface navigation, 1127–1128
- large scale design, 1144–1145
- layers, 1149
- layouts, 1139–1140
- libraries, 1141–1142
- line fonts, 1149
- master modeling, 1153–1155
- mates, 1137–1138
- mirroring, 1133–1134, 1138–1139
- modeling in context, 1143
- Mold tools, 1165–1168
- MotionManager, 1145
- multibody modeling, 1151–1152
- parts, 1129–1130
  - configurations, 1135
- patterning, 1133–1134, 1138–1139
- Plastic Features, 1162–1165
- primary features, 1131–1132
- reference geometry, 1129
- secondary features, 1132–1133
- sheet metal drawings, 1159–1160
- sheet metal tools, 1155–1159
- sketches, 1128–1131
- surfaces, 1152–1153
- symbols, 1147
- tables, 1150
- tolerancing, 1148–1149
- troubleshooting, 1135–1136, 1143–1144
- visualization, 1130
- weldment drawings, 1160–1161
- weldments, 1160–1161
bottom‐up assembly, 422
bottom‐up modeling, 605
Boundary feature, 223
- lofts and, 224–225
- profile arrangements, 225
Boundary Surface feature, 911–912
Boundary Surface PropertyManager, 912
bounding boxes, 872
bracket casting tutorial, 256–260
Break view, 743–745
bridges
- multibody modeling and, 875
- solids, multibody modeling, 887–888
Broken category, 23
Broken View PropertyManager, 745
Broken‐Out section view, 740–743, 858
- closed loop, 858–859
- closed loops, 741–742
- depth, 743, 859
- editing, 743, 860
- properties, 860
- Spline loop, 858–859
.btl documents, 11

C

CADKEY, 1049
calloutformat.txt documents, 11
Cam mate, 464–465
camera, paths, 688–690
Camera PropertyManager, 170, 171, 688–689
Cameras (DisplayManager), 157, 165–166, 170
- adding cameras, 171
- Camera view, switching to, 172
- positioning cameras, 171
Cartoon tool, 152
center creation, 67
center marks, 780–781
- patterns and, 781
Centerline tool, 70
centerlines, 201
- dimensioning and, 189
center‐of‐gravity, calculation, parts, 872
centerpoint, 116
Centerpoint Arc tool, 68–69
Center‐Radius circle, 69
chain pattern, 492–494
chamfer dimensions, 87
Chamfer tool, Flip Direction option, 254–255
chamfers, 135–137, 253–254
- in assemblies, 554–555
- asymmetrical, 254–255
- direct control, 254–255
- indirect control, 254–255
- switching to fillets, 255–256
change, predicting, 112–113
Change Display States tool, 153
Check Entity dialog box, 390
Check tool, 389–390
Circle PropertyManager, 67–68
Circle tool, 62
- center creation, 67
- perimeter creation, 68
  - Tangent to Three Entities, 68
  - Tangent to Two Entities, 68
circles, Center‐Radius, 69
Circular pattern, 299–300, 484
- tutorial, 310–311
Circular Pattern PropertyManager, 289
circular references, 427, 503
Circular Sketch pattern, 288–289
Circular Sketch Pattern tool, 80
Clearance Verification, 520
closed contour sketches, 220
Closed Corner feature, 967–968
- Break Corner, 969–970
- Coplanar Faces, 969
- Corner Trim, 969–970
- Faces to Extend, 968
- Faces to Match, 968
- Gap, 968
- Open Bend Region, 969
- Overlap/Underlap Ratio, 968
closed‐loop sketches, 218
Coincident mates, point‐to‐point, 459–460
coincident sketch relation, 19
Collision Detection, 525–526
color
- applying, 174
- assembly drawings, 860–861
- dimensions, driven, 792–793
- interface, 47–48
- lines, 198
- tutorial, 208–211
Color PropertyManager, 176
Combine feature, 881–883
Combine PropertyManager, 882–883
CommandManager, 25–26
- Annotations toolbar, 138
- appearance, 29–30
- Auto Collapse, 29
- Customize mode, 27–28
- docking, 28
- Drawings toolbar, 138
- Dual Monitors option, 36
- Evaluate tab, 388
- icons, 52
- Instant2D, 83
- limitations, 30
- Sketch, 83
- Sketch Ink toolbar, 97–98
- Sketch toolbar, 64
- tabs, 26, 27
  - document types and, 29
- toolbars and, 29, 30
  - context toolbars, 32–33
  - flyouts, 32
  - Heads‐Up View, 31
  - Shortcut (S), 33–34
  - Title Bar, 31–32
- Widescreen option, 36
Commands tab, 36
complex parts, simplifying, 886–887
complex shapes, multibody modeling, 877–878
Component Line Font dialog box, 812–813
component patterns, 432, 483
- feature‐driven, 491
- local, 484
  - Instances to Skip option, 485
  - pattern references, 484
  - Pattern Seed only, 486
- tutorial, 495–497
components
- Isolate tool, 653
- LDR and, 660
- mates, listing, 639
- replacing, 647–649
- selecting, 528–532
  - Advance Select options, 531
  - hidden components, 530
  - identical components, 530
  - internal components, 530
  - parts mated to others, 530
  - by size, 532
  - subassemblies, 530
  - suppressed components, 530
  - toolbox parts, 530
  - Volume Select, 529
- virtual, 607–608
  - saving, 609
Components to Explode, 850–851
compositive curves, 266–267
Concentric mates, exploded views and, 850
Configuration Publisher, 364–366
ConfigurationManager, 26, 336–337
- Display States interface, 163–164
configurations, 335
- activating, 339–340
- animation and, 671
- color, 342
- creating, 341–344
- deleting, 337–338
- derived, 347–348
- descriptions, 341–342
- dimension control, 350
- dimension modification, 343
- dimensions, negative, 344
- display states and, 590
- feature suppression, 342
- file size, speed and, 348–350
- library features, 355
- mate suppression, 342
- Modify Configurations dialog box, 344–346
- options, 341–342
- parts, 336
  - base, 354–355
  - derived, 354–355
  - inserted, 354–355
- planes, 353–354
- properties, 341–342, 346
  - custom, 346–347
controlling, 351–352
- purging data, 349
- rebuilding, 342–343
- relations, controlling, 352–353
- saving data, 349
- sorting
  - alphabetization, 338
  - naming configs, 338–339
- suppression control, 350–351
- Table Views, 345
- tutorials, 365–368
- Confirmation Corner, 26, 63
- Conic radius fillet, 242
- Conic rho fillet, 242
- conics, 77–78
- Constant Pitch helix, 262
- constant‐size fillet, 232
  - creating, 233–234
- constant‐width fillets, 249–250
- construction geometry, 72, 201
- Construction Geometry tool, 75
- construction lines, 70, 201
- consumed features, Rollback Bar and, 372
- context bar, 26, 63
- context toolbars, 32–33
- contexts, multiple, 606
- continuous curvature fillets, 242–243, 249
- contour selection, 121–122
  - Revolve feature, 223
- Convert Entities tool, 72, 262
  - Offset Entities command, 72–73
- coordinate systems, 94–96
  - reference geometry and, 93
- Coordinate triad, 26
- Copy Appearance tool, 152
- Copy Entities tool, 191
- Copy tool, 76
- core features, 1109
- Corner Rectangle tool, 66
- Corner Relief feature, 970–971
- cosmetic patterns, 307–308
  - tutorial, 313–314
- Crop Views, 740
- cursors
  - changing, 38
  - sketch cursor, 38
- curvature
  - continuous, fillets, 249
  - Gaussian curvature, 909
  - tangents, 919
  - Zebra Stripes tool, 153–154
- Curve Through Reference Points feature, 266
- Curve Through XYZ Points feature, 265–266
- Curved Slot tool, 82
- Curve‐Driven pattern, 300–302
- curves, 261
  - composite, 266–267
  - conics, 77–78
  - Convert Entities tool, 262
  - ellipses, 77
  - equation driven, 267
  - Helix, 262
    - pitch, 262
  - lighting, 170
  - parabola, 77
  - projected, 264
    - sketch on face, 265
    - sketch on sketch, 265
  - Projected, 262
  - sweeps, 227–228
- Curves toolbar, 262
- custom drafting standards, 706–707
- Custom Properties tab, 347
- custom units, 26
- customization
  - interface
    - hotkeys and, 49–52
    - icons, 52
    - saving settings, 54–55
  - mouse gestures, 51
- Customize dialog box, 36
- Customize Menu, 37
- cut‐lists
  - items, 872
  - properties, 872
- cuts, multibody modeling, 876

D

daisy chaining, 427, 503
Dangling category, 22
dangling sketches, 20
data import, 1049–1050
Data Migration tab, 1050–1051
data transfer, IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) file type, 667–668
Deboss feature, 272–273
Decals (DisplayManager), 157, 165
Default Templates option, 14
Defeature, 533–534
Defined in Context category, 23
Deform feature, 275–277
degenerate geometry, 908
degree of freedom, 459–460
Delete Body command, 872
derived configurations, 347–348
derived parts
- associative links, 24
- configurations, 354–355
derived sketches, 193
design
- assemblies
  - base parts, 416–417
  - bottom‐up with mates, 416–417
  - bottom‐up with skeleton, 418
  - in‐context design, 418
  - mates, 416–417
- documents
  - .sldasm, 10
  - .slddrw, 10
  - .sldprt, 10
- intent, 19
- top‐down, 185
design intent, 20, 111–112
- change prediction, 112–113
- editing
  - Display/Delete Relations tool, 22–23
  - sketch relations, 22
- functional features, 112
- primary features, 112
- symmetry, 112
Design Library, 537–543
- annotations, 541
- blocks, 775
- display modes, 546
- folder location, 542
- library parts, 542–543
- Task pane, 538
- thumbnail size, 546–548
design tables, 355–356, 830–832
- assembly configurations, 599
- creating, 357–362
- dimensions, suppressed, 356
- editing, 364
- items driven by, 356–357
- planes, configuration, 356
- relations, suppressed, 356
- settings, editing, 362–363
- tutorials, 365–368
design trees
- FeatureManager, 18
- MotionManager, 671
Detach Segment on Drag setting, 91
detached drawings, assembly drawings and, 863
Detached PropertyManager, 26
Detail View
- activated drawing views, 734–735
- detail circles, 735
- editing, 735–736
- Locked Focus, 735
developable surfaces, 908
devices, 52–53
- touchscreen support, 53–54
dialog boxes
- Add Relations, 71
- Check Entity, 390
- Component Line Font, 812–813
- Dimension, 329
- Equation Export, 330
- Equations, 317–318, 322
- External References, 937
- Grid Components, 666–667
- Keyboard, 50–51
- Layers, 811
- Link to Property, 847
- Modify, 343
- Modify Configurations, 344–346
- Modify Sketch, 191–192
- New SolidWorks Document, 8, 99
- Open, 56
- Page Setup, 792–793
- Save As, 646
- Save As with References, 646
- Sheet Properties, 137, 846–847
- SketchXpert, 188
- Specify Configurations, 343
- Summary Information, 711
- Systems Options Colors, 47–48
- View Orientation, 154–156
- Welcome to SolidWorks, 7
Dimension dialog boxes, 329
Dimension palette, 798–799
- alignment and, 803–804
Dimension PropertyManager, 84, 318–319, 791
- Angle option, 84–85
- Arc Length option, 85
- Diameter option, 84
- Dimension palette, 798–799
- Dimension Text, 795–796
- display options, 796–797
- Primary Value Override, 796
- Radial option, 84
Dimension Text panel, 795–796
dimensions. See also Smart Dimension tool
- 3D sketches, 204
  - weldments and, 1021–1022
- alignment, 802–803
  - automatic, 804
  - grid snapping, 803
  - inference, 803
- animation and, 671
- arranging automatically, 804
- assembly features, 845–846
- baseline, 86
- break lines, 798
- centerlines and, 189
- chamfer, 87
- controlling with configurations, 350
- design tables, 356
- dimension text, 795–796
- direct, 124–125
- display options, 796–797
- driven, 787–788
  - color, 792–793
  - equations, 323–325
- equations
  - driven, 323–325
  - Modify dimension box, 327–328
- formatting, 798–799
- horizontal, 86
- inserting automatically, 86
- Instant2D, 83
- layers, 811
- library features, 550
- Model Items PropertyManager, 788–790
- modification, 343
- naming, equations, 318–320
- negative, 344
- numeric input, 189
- ordinate, 86–87
- parts, 322
- placing, Insert Model Items, 787–788
- primary value override, 796
- Rapid Dimension manipulator wheel, 791
- reference dimensions, 790–791
  - Annotation views, 792
  - autodimensioning, 794–795
  - baseline, 793–794
  - DimXpert and, 791–792
  - ordinate, 793–794
  - reference sketches, 795
- styles, 802
- symbols and, 779
- thickness, 218
- tolerances, 799–800
  - Fit tolerances, 800
  - Geometric Tolerancing symbols, 801–802
  - precision values, 801
  - tutorials, 805–808
- tutorials, 805–808
- vertical, 86
- witness lines, 798
Dimensions/Relations toolbar
- Add Relations tool, 89
- Auto Insert Dimension tool, 86
- Baseline Dimension tool, 86
- Horizontal Dimension tool, 86
- Isolate Changed Dimensions tool, 89
- Ordinate Dimension tool, 86
- Scan Equal tool, 89
- Smart Dimension tool, 86
- Vertical Dimension tool, 86
DimXpert Manager, 26
- reference dimensions and, 791–792
direct dimensions, 124–125
Direct Editing tools, 1060–1063
- history and, 1064–1067
- Move Face feature, 1063–1064
Display pane, 26, 173
display states, 590–592
- configurations and, 590
- drawings and, 592
- parts, 592
Display States, appearances, 163
display tools, 816–818
Display Warnings option, 186
Display/Delete Relations dialog box
- All in this Sketch, 185
- Dangling, 185
- Defined in Context, 185
- External, 185
- Locked (Broken), 185
- Overdefining/Notsolved, 185
- Selected Entities, 185
Display/Delete Relations Property Manager, 23, 184, 205
Display/Delete Relations tool, 22–23
- Quick Snaps flyout, 72
DisplayManager, 26, 45, 129
- Appearances, 157
- Cameras, 157, 165–166, 170–173
- Decals, 157, 165
- Lights, 157, 165–166, 169–170
- RealView, 173
- Scenes, 157, 165–169
- Task pane
  - Appearances, Scenes, and Decals, 43
  - Custom Properties, 43
  - Design Library, 43
  - File Explorer, 43
  - Home tab, 43
  - Recovered Documents, 43
  - SolidWorks Forum, 43
  - View Palette, 43
- walk‐throughs, 662
Document origin, 26
Document Properties dialog box, 14
Document Property setting, 14
documents
- assemblies, 8
- .btl, 11
- calloutformat.txt, 11
- design
  - .sldasm, 10
  - .slddrw, 10
  - .sldprt, 10
- drawings, 8
- driving assembly properties, 846–847
- library files
  - .sldblk, 10
  - .sldlfp, 10
- multiple windows, 55
- new, 8–9
- open, cycling through, 56
- parts, 8
- recent, 56–58
- Recent, 56–58
- .sldclr, 11
- .sldmat, 11
- .sldreg, 11
- .sldstd, 11
- styles
  - .sldgtolfvt, 10
  - .sldsffvt, 10
  - .sldweldfvt, 10
- .swb, 11
- .swp, 11
- symbol files
  - gtol.sym, 11
  - swlines.lin, 11
- templates and formats
  - .asmdot, 10
  - .asmprp, 10
  - .drwdot, 10
  - .drwprp, 10
  - journal.doc, 10
  - .prtdot, 10
  - .prtprp, 10
  - .sldbombt, 10
  - .slddrt, 10
  - .sldholtbt, 10
  - .sldrevtbt, 10
  - .sldtbt, 10
  - .sldwldtbt, 10
  - .xls, 10
- .txt, 11
- .xls, 11
Dome feature, 269–271
double hold‐line fillets, 249
doubly nested contour sketches, 220
Draft, Undercut, and Parting Line Analysis tool, 152
Draft Analysis tool
- Basic, 1094
- Face Classification, 1096–1097
- Gradual Transition, 1095–1096
- steep faces, 1097
- workflow, 1098
Draft feature, 1083–1084
- draft limitations, 1086
- DraftXpert, 1087
- failure, 1086–1087
- Neutral Plane draft, 1084
- Parting Lane draft, 1084–1985
- Step draft, 1085–1086
Draft Quality views, 865–866
Drafting Standard setting, 9
drafting standards
- custom, 706–707
- templates, 8
DraftSight, 809
dragging entities, 192, 516–517
- Along Assembly XYZ, 517
- Along Entity, 517
- By Delta XYZ, 517–518
- Use For Positioning Only Option, 513–514
Drawing View PropertyManager, 138
drawings, 8
- blocks, 725–726
- creating, 128
- display states and, 592
- drafting standards, 706–707
- FeatureManager, 862
- formats, 705–707
  - creating, 707–720
  - editing, 708–709
  - files, 716–717
  - maintaining, 706
  - properties, 710–715
  - saving, 717–718
  - second sheet, 718–720
  - Sheet Format tools, 707
  - sheet formats, 705
  - templates, 705
  - text, 710
  - text boxes, 709–710
  - title blocks, 715
- Hole Wizard, 132–133
- saving, as detached, 862
- sheet metal drawings, 1005–1006
- Sheet Properties dialog box, 137
- sketch techniques, 130–132
- SpeedPak and, 433
- tabulated, 830–832
- templates, 128, 705–706
  - blocks in, 724–725
  - maintaining, 706
  - predefined views, 720–724
  - properties, 725
  - saving, 725
  - styles in, 724–725
- tutorial, 137–141
Drawings toolbar, 138
- Alternate Position, 849–850
driven dimensions, 787–788
- color, 792–793
drop‐down menus, 37
DRV (Dynamic Reference Visualization), 40, 372
DWG/DXF, saving views to, 748
Dynamic Assembly Motion, 459
Dynamic Clearance, 523–525
Dynamic Mirror command, 80, 290
dynamic motion, 672
- assemblies, 872

E

Edge Flange feature
- Angle panel, 961
- curved edges, 962–963
- default radius, 960
- Edit Flange Profile button, 959–960
- Flange Length, 961
- Flange Position, 962
- Gap Distance, 960–961
- Trim Side Bends, 962
edges, 174
- filleting, 187
- hiding/showing, 815–816
- sharp, 196
- tangent, 754–756
Edit Appearance tool, 152
Edit Block tool, 92
Edit Scene PropertyManager, 145
editing. See also Direct Editing tools
- Broken‐Out section view, 743
- Detail Views, 735–736
- formats, 708–709
- mates, 642–645
  - existing, 471–473
- Section Views, 739
- Smart Components, 575–576
- tutorials, 406–412
ellipse, 77
ellipsis button (…), 728
Emboss feature, 272
Emboss PropertyManager, 272
empty views, 747
Enable On‐Screen Numeric Input, 65
Enable Snapping setting, 91
end conditions
- Extrude feature, 221
- Revolve feature, 222
entities
- copying, 191
  - pasting, 192
- deleting, relations and, 184
- dragging, 192
- fillets and, 236
- in lofts, 226
- Mated Entities, 642
- moving, 190
- pasting, 192
- reference entities, 462
- replacing, 186–187
- rotating, 190
- scaling, 191
envelopes, 560–562
Equal sketch relation, 116
Equation Driven Curve PropertyManager, 82
Equation Driven Curve tool, 81–82
equation driven curves, 267
Equation Editor, 327
Equation Export dialog box, 330
equations, 317
- building, 320–322
- comments, 323
- creation, 318–323
- dimensions
  - driven dimensions, 323–325
  - Modify dimension box, 327–328
  - naming, 318–320
- expressions, Dimension dialog boxes, 329
- external
  - assemblies, 424
  - linking to, 330
- IF statements, 325–326
- tutorial, 330–332
- variables, global, 326–327, 424
Equations dialog box, 317–318, 322
Equations interface, 317
- Dimension View, 318
- Equation View, 318
- Ordered View, 318
- Sketch Equation View, 318
errors versus warnings, 638
Evaluate tab, 388
evaluation techniques, 387–388
- Check tool, 389–390
- geometry
  - Curvature Comb, 395–396
  - curvature display, 391, 392
  - Deviation Analysis, 391–393
  - Geometry Analysis tool, 394–395
  - Performance Evaluation tool, 395
  - RealView, 391
  - Tangent Edges as Phantom settings, 393–394
  - Zebra stripes, 390–391
- tutorials, 406–412
- Verification on Rebuild, 388–389
Excel tables versus SolidWorks, 821–822
Explode Animation Wizard, 677–678
Explode Block tool, 92
Explode command, 851–852
Explode Directions box, 850–851
explode lines, 853
Exploded View, 670, 854–855
exploded views
- animation, 677–678
- assemblies, 850–854
expression equations, Dimension dialog boxes, 329
Extend Surface tool, 916–917
Extend tool, 79, 909
External category, 23
external equations, linking to, 330
External References dialog box, 937
Extrude feature, 113, 116, 217–218
- from 3D sketches, 220
- end conditions, 221
  - Blind, 118
  - Offset from Surface, 118–119
  - Through All, 120
  - Up to Next, 120
  - Up to Surface, 118
  - Up to Vertex, 118
- from selection, 116–118
- Thin Feature panel, 120–121
- workflow, 219
Extrude PropertyManager, 120–121, 876
Extrude tool, 909–910
Extruded Boss feature, 218
Extruded Cut tool, 129
Extruded Surface PropertyManager, 909–910
extruded surfaces, 909–910
extruding, loops, multibody modeling, 875

F

Face Curves tool, 79, 908
Face fillets, 232, 246–247
- Help Point, 247, 248
FEA (Finite Element Analysis), 347–348
Feature Scope, 889–890
Feature toolbar, Extruded Cut, 129
feature‐based modeling, 15–16
feature‐driven component patterns, 491
FeatureManager, 15, 26, 38
- Annotations folder, 156
- assemblies, 126
- design trees, 18
- detachable, 380–381
- Display pane, 173
- displaying, 381
- DRV (Dynamic Reference Visualization) and, 40
- flyout, 44, 380–381
- folders, 42
- interface
  - Appearances, 39
  - collapse tab, 39
  - ConfigurationManager, 39
  - DimXpertManager, 39
  - Display Mode, 39
  - Display pane, 40
  - Display Pane Splitter, 39
  - DisplayManager, 39
  - Feature folder, 39
  - FeatureManager Filter, 39, 41
  - FeatureManager panel splitter bar, 39
  - features, 39
  - Freeze Bar, 39
  - Freeze bars, 40–41
  - Hide/Show, 39
  - Metadata folders, 39
  - PropertyManager, 39
  - Reference Geometry, 39
  - Rollback bar, 40–41
  - Rollback Bar, 39
  - splitter bar, 40
  - Transparency, 39
- Material folder, 159–160
- parts, new, 62
- Pen Sketch entry, 98
- PropertyManager split screen, 40
- Sensors, 199–200
- sketch pictures, 81
- split, 44
- symbols, 651–652
- tabs, 26
- toggling, 36
- tutorial, 446–447
FeatureManager Filter, dimension names, 320
features
- assemblies, applying, 430–431
- mates and, 639–640
- ordering, 378–379
- reordering, 883
file management
- Pack and Go, 645, 646–647
- PDM (product data management), 645
- Replace Components tool, 647–649
- Save As tool, 645
- Save Copy tool, 645
- Save tool, 645
files
- configurations, speed, 348–350
- DWG/DXF, 716–717
- searching for, 47
- Smart Components, 574–575
Fill pattern, 303–304
Fill Surface tool, 918–920
Fill tool, 909
Fillet Bead tool, 558–560
Fillet feature, 231
Fillet PropertyManager, 135, 232–233
- Keep Edge/Keep Surface toggle, 239
- Keep Feature, 239–240
- Multiple Radius Fillet option, 238
- Round Corners option, 239
- Selection toolbar, 236
- Variable Radius Parameters panel, 244
Fillet tool, 909
fillets, 70, 135–137, 231
- in assemblies, 554–555
- asymmetric, 240–242
- constant‐size, 232
  - creating, 233–234
- constant‐width, 249–250
- continuous curvature, 242–243, 249
- double hold‐line, 249
- edges, 187
- entity selection, 236
- Face, 232, 246–247
  - Help Point, 247
- folders, 237
- full round, 232, 250–251
- hold line, 267
- large number, 236
- multiple sizes, 238–239
- patterning, 295
- preview, 236–237
- setback, 232
- setback with variable radius, 232
- single hold‐line, 247–249
- switching to chamfers, 255–256
- symmetric, 240–242
- Tangent Propagation option, 235
- variable‐radius
  - transitions, 245
  - uses, 245
  - values, 243–245
- variable‐size, 232
FilletXpert, 236
FilletXpert PropertyManager, 236
filters
- FeatureManager, 41
- MotionManager, 671
Fit Text Button, 767
Fit tolerances, 800
fixtures, 845–846
Flat Pattern feature, 957
- Convert Entities, 958
- Corner Treatment option, 958
- Fixed Face parameter, 958
- suppressed, 957
Flex feature, 273–275
- multibody modeling, 883–884
flexibility, parts, 682
Flip Direction option, chamfers, 254–255
floors
- orientation, 145
- position, 145
Flyout FeatureManager, 177
flyouts, 32, 35–36
- FeatureManager, 44
- Quick Snaps, 72
folders
- assemblies, 438–439
  - creating, 439–440
- Assembly Drawings, 847
- Design Library, 542
- FeatureManager, 42
- libraries, adding, 550
- Mates, 637–638
- naming, 380
- ordering, 379–380
fonts
- notes, 772–773
- OLF SimpleSansOC, 766
- stick fonts, 196
- TrueType fonts, 196–197
footprints, 974
Format Painter, 774
formats, 705, 707
- editing, 708–709
- files, DWG/DXF, 716–717
- Format Painter, 774
- maintaining, 706
- properties, 710–711
  - custom data, 711
  - Custom Properties tab, 711–712
  - error display, 713–714
  - link variables, 713–714
  - linked, 714–715
  - links, 712–713
  - Summary Information dialog box, 711
- saving, 717–718
- second sheet
  - adding sheets, 718–719
  - reloading formats, 719–720
- Sheet Format tools, 707
- sheet formats, 705
  - layers, 810–811
- templates, 705
  - assembly drawings, 847–848
- text, image placement, 710
- text boxes, 709–710
- title blocks, 715
Formatting toolbar, 766
Free Drag, 516–617
free motion, 672
full round fillet, 232, 250–251
Fully Define Sketch tool, 87–88, 287, 795
fully defined sketches, 20
functional features, 112

I

IAI (International Alliance for Interoperability), 667
icons, 52
- CommandManager, 52
IF statement
- in equations, 325–326
- suppression states, 329
IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) file type, 667–668
IGES (Initial Graphics Exchange Specification), 1049
image placement, text and, 710
imported geometry, 1049–1051
- 3D Interconnect, 1051–1052
- data
  - cloud point, converting, 1060
  - ensuring good, 1059–1060
- errors, 1057
  - manual repair, 1058–1059
  - repairing, 1057–1058
- Import Diagnostics, 1058
- import results, 1052
- imports, data imports, 1052–1057
- tasks, 1050–1051
- tutorial, 1067–1068
in‐context design, 419
in‐context modeling, 608–609
- advantages, 613
- assembly layout modeling, 614–615
- best practices, 623–624
- configurations and, 625–626
- design intent, 630
- Edit Component button, 618–620
- external references, 620–623, 630
  - mirror parts, 631
  - split parts and, 631
- file management and, 627
- instances, multiple, 627
- layouts, 628
- in libraries, 629
- mates and, 627
- versus mating, 630
- motion and, 626–627
- multibody modeling, 614
- multiple contexts, 624–625
- parts
  - color, 617–618
  - transparency, 617–618
- problems, 613–614
- process
  - InPlace mate, 616
  - relations, 617
  - starting, 615–616
- references, 611–613
  - circular, 627–628
- relations, removing, 629–630
- skeletons, 628
- text color, 617
- tutorial, 631–635
- virtual components, 607–608
in‐context references, editing driving part, 611–613
in‐context relations, 427
Indent feature, 277–279, 879–881, 1087–1088
Indent PropertyManager, 880–881
inferencing, 89–90
- alignment, 803
inflection point, 71
in‐place modeling, 605
- update holders, 606
Input Dimension Value function, 66
Insert Block tool, 92
Insert Component PropertyManager, 561
Insert Into New Part tool, 934, 938
Insert Line option
- Angle option, 66
- Horizontal option, 65
- Infinite Length option, 66
- Vertical option, 65
Insert menu, 37
Insert Model Items, 787–788
Insert Part feature, 892–893
Insert Part PropertyManager, 893, 935
Insert Part tool, 934, 935–937
inserted parts
- associative links, 24
- configurations, 354–355
installation, 3
- reinstallation, 11
Installation Manager, 5
Instant 2D, 83
Instant 3D, 122–123, 221
interfaces
- Advanced, 12
- Application window controls, 26
- background options, 48–49
- color, 47–48
- CommandManager, 25–26
  - tabs, 26
- ConfigurationManager, 26
- Confirmation corner, 26
- context bar, 26
- Coordinate triad, 26
- custom units, 26
- customization
  - hotkeys and, 49–52
  - icons, 52
  - saving settings, 54–55
- Detached PropertyManager, 26
- Dimension Properties, 84–85
- DimXpert Manager, 26
- Display pane, 26
- DisplayManager, 26
- Document origin, 26
- Dual Monitors, 36
- Equations, 317–318
- FeatureManager, 26
  - Appearances, 39
  - collapse tab, 39
  - ConfigurationManager, 39
  - DimXpertManager, 39
  - Display Mode, 39
  - Display pane, 40
  - Display Pane Splitter, 39
  - DisplayManager, 39
  - Feature folder, 39
  - FeatureManager Filter, 39, 41
  - FeatureManager panel splitter bar, 39
  - features, 39
  - Freeze Bar, 39
  - Freeze bars, 40–41
  - Hide/Show, 39
  - Metadata folders, 39
  - PropertyManager, 39
  - Reference Geometry, 39
  - Rollback bar, 40–41
  - Rollback Bar, 39
  - splitter bar, 40
  - tabs, 26
  - Transparency, 39
- Full Screen mode, 36
- Gestures donut, 26
- Heads Up View Toolbar, 26
- Hole Series, 556–558
- library features, 538
- Mode tabs, 26
- Novice, 12
- Offset Entities, 72
- PropertyManager, 26
- RMB menu, 26
- Rollback bar, 26
- "S" menu, 26
- Selection breadcrumb, 26
- SolidWorks login, 26
- tags, 26
- Task bar, 26
- task pane, 26
- Title Bar, 26
- Title Bar menu, 26
- Title Bar Toolbar, 26
- Touch Mode, 32
- Trim, 73
- View indicator, 26
- Widescreen, 36
- Window expander, 26
Interference Detection, 521
- Component View, 522
- ignoring interference, 522
- results display, 522
interpolated features
- Boundary, 223
- Loft, 223
- Sweep, 223
Intersect feature, 279
Intersect tool, 923–924
Intersection Curve tool, 78
Inventor, 1049
ISO standards, 8
Isolate Changed Dimensions, 89
Isolate tool, 653
Isometric view, 138
isoparameter lines, 908

L

large assemblies, LDR (Large Design Review), 657–659
- Snapshots, 660–661
- updating, 660
Layer toolbar, 811
layers
- 2D data, imported, 809–810
- components
  - assembly colors, 811–812
  - assembly parts, 812–813
- dimensions, 811
- notes, 811
- sheet formats, 810–811
- views, 752–753
Layers dialog box, 811
Layout feature, 499, 504
- 3D sketches, 505
- advantages, 507
- limitations, 507
- virtual components, 506
- workflow, 505–506
layout sketches, assemblies, 426–427
layouts, 499
- assembly layouts, 499, 500
  - daisy chaining, 503
  - master model technique, 504–505
  - workflow, 501
- tutorial, 507–512
LDR (Large Design Review), 657–659
- components, 660
- Snapshots and, 660–661
- updating, 660
leaders, notes
- adding, 770
- jogged, 771
- multiple, 770
- placing, 769–770
Learn tab (Welcome dialog), 7
Library Feature PropertyManager, 540
library features, 537–543
- assemblies, 543
- configurations, 355
- creating, 543–544
  - from parts, 548–550
- dimensions, 550
- folders, adding, 550
- interface, 538
- limitations, 544
- routing, 543
- saving, 545–546
- Task pane, 538
- thumbnail display, 546–548
- tutorials, 579–586
library file documents
- .sldblk, 10
- .sldlfp, 10
library parts, reusing, 872
license agreement, 6
lighting, 169–170
Lights (DisplayManager), 157, 165–166, 169–170
lightweight drawings, assembly drawings and, 863
limit mates, 466–468
line font, 813
line format, 813
- color display mode, 815
- end cap style, 814
- Line Format settings, 814
- line style, 815
- line thickeness, 814–815
Line Format toolbar, 813–815
Line Style tool, 198–199
Line Thickness tool, 198–199
Line tool, 62, 65
Linear Coupler mate, 470
Linear Note Pattern PropertyManager, 767–769
Linear pattern
- instances, 296
  - increments, 298–299
  - modified, 299
  - skipping, 297
  - varying, 298
- spacing, 296
- Vary Sketch option, 297
- visual properties, 297
Linear Pattern PropertyManager, 288
Linear Sketch pattern, 287–288
Linear Sketch Pattern tool, 80
lines
- color, 198
- construction lines, 70
- creating, 65–66
- explode lines, 853
- isoparameter lines, 908
- split lines, 267
- style, 198–199
- thickness, 198–199
Link to Property dialog box, 847
linking
- to external equations, 330
- notes to custom properties, 847
- properties, 712–715
  - notes, 774–775
- variables, 713–714
local component patterns, 484
- Instances to Skip option, 485
- pattern references, 484
- Pattern Seed only, 486
local operations, multibody modeling
- Flex feature, 883–884
- Shell feature, 884–885
Locked category, 23
Locked mates, 516
Loft feature, 223
- Boundary comparison, 224–225
- interpolation and, 223
- spline comparison, 226–227
- transitions, 224
Loft PropertyManager, 226
Loft tool, 909
lofts, entities in, 226
loops, extruding, multiple, 875

M

machined parts, 113
macros
- hotkey access, 54
- mates and, 458
magnetic lines, balloon alignment, 771–772
Magnifying Glass, 148
Make Block tool, 92
Make Path function, 80
master model, 421–422, 933
- child relationships, 933–934
- Insert Into New Part tool, 934
- Insert Part tool, 934
- parent relationships, 933–934
- Pull functions, 934–935
  - Insert Into New Part feature, 938
  - Insert Part feature, 935–937
- Push functions, 934–935, 938–939
  - Save Bodies feature, 940–941
  - Split feature, 939–940
- Save Bodies tool, 934
- Split tool, 934
- tutorials, techniques, 941–945
Master Model workflow, 878
master models, 504
Mate Controller, 670, 700–702
Mate PropertyManager, 450, 513, 642–645
- Copy with Mates, 457–458
- editing mates, 642–645
- faces, hiding, 452–453
- macros, 458
- Multiple Mate mode, 453–454
- Select Other command, 452
- workflow, 450–451
Mated Entities PropertyManager, 642, 644
Material folder (FeatureManager), 159–160
materials
- adding, 113
- editing, 159–160
- removing, 113
mates, 127–128
- Advanced and Mechanical, 462
- animation, 682–683
- applying, 449–450
- assemblies, Mates folder, 638
- Belt/Chain mate, 470–471
- best practices, 475–476
- Cam mate, 464–465
- Coincident, point‐to‐point, 459–460
- Component Preview window, 457
- Copy with Mates, 457–458
- displaying, without features, 639–640
- editing, 642–645
  - existing, 471–473
- faces, hiding, 452–453
- Gear mate, 466
- Hinge mate, 470
- limit mates, 466–468
- Linear Coupler mate, 470
- listing, components, 639
- Locked, 516
- macros and, 458
- models, position, 451
- Multiple Mate mode, 453–454
- options, 474–475
- organization, 429–430
- Path mate, 468–469
- Peg‐in‐Hole mate, 455
- Profile Center mate, 463
- Rack and Pinion mate, 466
- references, 93
- Replace Mate Entities tool, 642, 644
- Screw mate, 468
- Select Other command, 452
- SmartMates, 454
  - alt+dragging, 454–456
  - dragging between windows, 456
  - mate references, 456
- subassemblies, 650–651
- Symmetric mate, 463–464
- troubleshooting, 473
- tutorials, 477–480
- View Mates tool, 640
- views, 451
- Width mate, 465
- workflow, 450–451
Mates folder, 637–638
MateXpert, 638, 641–642
MBD (Model‐Based Definition), 125
menus
- Customize Menu, 37
- drop‐down, 37
- Insert, 37
- shortcut menus, 38
- Tools, 37
- View, 37
- Window
  - Arrange Icons option, 58
  - Cascade option, 58
  - Close All option, 58
  - New Window option, 58
  - Tile Horizontally option, 58
  - Tile Vertically option, 58
Merge Result option, 876
- Feature Scope and, 889–890
meshes, Face Curves tool, 908
metadata, 200–201
- tutorial, 211–212
MidSurface PropertyManager, 921
MidSurface tool, 920–921
Mirror Components tool, 486–488
- opposite‐hand versions, 488–490
- orientation, 488
Mirror Entities PropertyManager, 290
Mirror Entities tool, 72, 289–290
MirrorComponent icon, 432
mirroring, 289
- 3D sketches, 291
- 3D solids
  - bodies, 308–309
  - features, 309
  - parts, entire, 309–310
- Dynamic Mirror, 290
- mirror components, 432, 487
  - opposite‐hand versions, 488–490
  - orientation, 488
- Mirror Entities tool, 289–290
- tutorial, 311–313
Miter Flange feature, 963–964
MMB (middle mouse button), 143, 144–145
Mode tabs, 26
Model Items PropertyManager, 788–790
Model View PropertyManager, 137, 728–729
Model views, 728–732
- Cosmetic Thread Display, 730
- dimensions, 732
- Display State, 731
- Display Style, 731
- Import Options panel, 731
- multiple views, 730–731
- open documents, 729
- Reference Configuration, 730
- scale, 731–732
- Select Bodies, 730
- Start Command When Creating New Drawing, 730
- thumbnail preview, 730
modeling
- assemblies
  - base parts, 416–417
  - bottom‐up with mates, 416–417
  - bottom‐up with skeleton, 418
  - in‐context design, 418
  - mates, 416–417
- best practices, 383–385
- bottom‐up, 605
- bottom‐up assembly, 422
- feature‐based, 15–16
- history‐based, 16–18
- horizontal, 386
- hybrid modeling, 907–908
- in‐place, 605
- master model, 421–422
- mates, position, 451
- multibody, 419–421
- resilient, 386
- solid modeling, 15
- top‐down, 605
models, tables in, 836–837
Modify Configurations dialog box, 344–346
Modify dialog box, 343
Modify Dimension box, 83–84, 327–328
Modify Sketch tool, 80–81, 191–192
Mold tools, 1107–1109
- Core feature, 1121
- mold folders, 1111–1112
- nonplanar parting surfaces, 1123–1124
- Parting Lines feature, 1113–1115
- Parting Surface feature, Manual mode, 1117–1119
- plastic part model
  - applying draft, 1109–1110
  - blank parts and, 1110
  - shelling, 1109–1110
- Scale feature, 1110–1111
- shut offs, 1115–1117
  - passing, 1122–1123
- Tooling Split feature, 1119–1121
monitors, multiple, 58–59
motion. See also animation
- animation and, 669
- basic motion, 669
- creating, 460–462
- dynamic, 872
- Dynamic Assembly Motion, 459
- Exploded View, 670
- Mate Controller, 670
- Record Screen, 670
- walk‐throughs and, 669
motion studies, 669
MotionManager. See also animation
- action speed, 693
- animation, 670
  - dynamic assembly motion, 670
  - exploded, 678–682
  - key frames, 670
  - playing, 677
- Animation Wizard, 671
- Basic Motion, 670
- camera, paths, 688–690
- change bar, 671, 676
- design tree, 671, 673
- filters, 671
- formatting output, 673–674
- interface access, 673
- key points, 671, 673, 684
  - copying motion, 693
  - creating, 685–686
  - Disable Playback of View Keys, 684
  - interpolation, 687
  - mirroring motion, 693
  - mistake correction, 687–688
  - Orientation and Camera Views, 684
  - timebar, 685, 692–693
  - view manipulation, 686
  - zooming, 686
- Motion Manager toolbar, 671
- Motion Study Properties, 673
- motion study tab, 671
- playback speed, 673
- SolidWorks Motion, 670
- study type, 671
- timebar, 671, 673
- timeline area, 671
- timeline zoom, 673
mouse
- customizing, 51
- gestures, 145–146
- MMB (middle mouse button), 144–145
- RBM (right mouse button), 145–146
- spaceball (3D), 144
- wheel settings, 144
Move Component tool, 516–519
Move Entities tool, 190
Move tool, 76
Move with Triad tool, 519
Move/Copy Bodies feature, 877–879, 881–883, 887–888
multibody modeling, 419–421, 614–615, 871
- adding bodies, 892–893
  - secondary operations, 893
  - starting point, 894
- versus assembly modeling, 872–873
- Body folders, 895–897
- Boolean operations, Indent feature, 879–881
- Combine feature, 881–883
- creating multiple bodies, 875–877
- cuts, 876
- Delete/Keep feature, 899–900
- deleting bodies, 899–900
- disjointed bodies, connecting, 888
- Feature Scope, 889–890
  - Delete/Keep Bodies, 890
  - Rib feature, 890
- hiding bodies, 897–899
- Insert Part feature, 892–893
- Intersect, 894–895
- local operations
  - Flex feature, 883–884
  - Shell feature, 884–885
  - tutorial, 900–901
- loops, extruding, 875
- Master Model workflow, 878
- Merge Result option, 876
  - Feature Scope and, 889–890
- merging tutorial, 900–901
- Move/Copy Bodies feature, 881–883
- parts, complex, simplifying, 886–887
- patterning, 885–886
  - tutorial, 901–903
- renaming bodies, 900
- shapes, complex, 877–879
- sharing bodies, 876–877
- sheet metal drawings
  - cut list properties, 1013–1014
  - cut list templates, 1015
  - cut lists, placing, 1014–1015
  - cut lists in parts, 1013
  - displaying bodies, 1012–1013
- showing bodies, 897–899
- solids, bridging, 887–888
- Split feature, 890–891
  - planes and, 892
  - sketches and, 891–892
  - surface bodies and, 892
  - tutorial, 901–903
- techniques, 873–874
  - Boolean operations, 874
  - bridges, 875
  - complex shapes, 874
  - geometry, imported, 875
  - local operations, 875
  - patterning, 875
  - solids, bridges, 875
  - tool bodies, 874
  - undetermined manufacturing methods, 875
- tool bodies, Indent feature, 879–881
- troubleshooting, 872
- tutorials
  - local operations, 900–901
  - merging, 900–901
  - patterning bodies, 901–903
  - splitting bodies, 901–903
- undetermined manufacturing methods, 888–889
- uses, 873–874
multiple‐radius fillet, 232
myths about sketches, 286–287

P

Pack and Go, 645, 646–647
Page Setup dialog box, 792–793
palettes, View, 727–728
Pan tool, 150
parabola, 77
Parallelogram tool, 66
parallelograms, 66
parasolids, 1049, 1051–1052
parent/child relationships, 18
- DRV and, 40
- master model and, 933–934
- Rollback and, 372–376
Part Reviewer, 377–378
partial ellipse, 77
parts, 8
- animation
  - appearance, 671
  - camera, 671
  - position, 671
  - transparency, 671
  - views, 671
  - visibility, 671
  - zoom, 671
- assemblies and, 429
- bounding boxes, 872
- building in place, 520
- center‐of‐body calculation, 872
- chamfers, 135–137
- complex, simplifying, 886–887
- configurations, 336, 354–355
- contour selection, 121–122
- creating, 61–62
  - starting, 113–116
  - tutorial, 128–136
- dimensions, 322
  - direct, 124–125
- display states and, 592
- dragging, 516–517
  - Along Assembly XYZ, 517
  - Along Entity, 517
  - By Delta XYZ, 517–518
  - Use For Positioning Only option, 513–514
  - To XYZ Position, 518–519
- Extrude feature, 116
  - end conditions, 118–120
  - Mid Plane, 123–124
  - from selection, 116–118
  - Thin Feature panel, 120–121, 124
- FeatureManager, new part, 62
- fillets, 135–137
- flexibility, 682
- Free Drag, 516–517
- geometry, creating, 608
- in‐context, 609–611
- Instant 3D, 122–123
- library features, creating, 548–550
- library parts, 542–543
  - reusing, 872
- machined, 113
- Move Component tool, 516–519
- Move with Triad, 519
- multibody modeling, 419–421
- new, 606–607
- patterns, component patterns, 432
- properties, custom, 872
- proximity tools, 520
  - Clearance Verification, 520, 523
  - Collision Detection, 525–526
  - Dynamic Clearance, 523–525
  - Interference Detection, 521–523
  - Physical Dynamics, 526
  - Sensors, 526–528
- Reload tool, 653–654
- renaming, 645
- reusing, 872
- size, relative, 124–125
- slots, 134
  - Hole Wizard, 133–134
  - sketched, 133–134
- subassemblies, 649–650
- symmetry, 116
- template, 61–62
Paste Appearance tool, 152
Path mate, 469
path segments, planar, 204
Pattern Faces option, 294–295
patterns, 283
- 3D, 291
- bodies
  - solid, 293
  - surface, 293
- center marks and, 781
- chain, 492–494
- Circular, 288–289, 299–300, 484
- Component, 432, 483
- component, feature‐driven, 491
- component patterns, 432
  - local, 484–486
- cosmetic, 307–308
- Curve‐Driven, 300–302
- faces, 294–295
- Fill, 303–304
- fillets, 295
- Geometry Pattern, 284–286, 292–293
- Linear, 287–288, 296–299
- multibody modeling and, 875, 885–886
- notes, 767–769
- rebuild times, 285
- Sketch Pattern tool, 287
- sketch‐driven, 302
- table‐driven, 302–303
- Variable, 304–307
PDM (Product Data Management), 14, 200, 645
Pen Settings, 91
Pen Sketch tool, 54, 97–98
Pen tool, 54
Performance Benchmark, 403–405
Performance Evaluation tool, 651
perimeter creation
- Tangent to Three Entities, 68
- Tangent to Two Entities, 68
perspective, 196
PhotoView 360, animation and, 671
Physical Dynamics, 526
pictures, tutorial, 208–211
Pierce sketch relation, sweeps and, 228–229
planar path segments, 3D sketches, 204
planar surfaces, 916
Plane PropertyManager, 93
- Flip Normal, 93
planes
- 3D, 203
- axes, 94
- configurations and, 353–354
- coordinate systems, 94–96
- creating, 93–94
- design tables, 356
planning animation, 672
plastic evaluation tools, 1093
- Draft Analysis tool
  - Basic, 1094
  - Face Classification, 1096–1097
  - Gradual Transition, 1095–1096
  - steep faces, 1097
  - workflow, 1098
- Thickness Analysis
  - Show Thick Regions option, 1098–1099
  - Show Thin Regions option, 1098
  - workflow, 1099–1101
- Undercut Analysis, 1100–1101
  - workflow, 1101–1102
Plastic features, 1073
- Draft feature, 1083–1084
  - DraftXpert, 1087
  - failure, 1086–1087
  - Neutral Plane draft, 1084
  - Parting Lane draft, 1084–1085
  - Step draft, 1085–1086
- Indent feature, 1087–1088
- Lip/Groove feature, 1078–1079
- Mounting Boss feature, 1074–1076
- Rib feature, 1079–1080
  - draft, 1080–1081
  - intersection curves, 1081
  - terminating ribs, 1081–1082
- Shell feature, 1088–1089
  - multi‐thickness shell, 1089
  - Shell Outward option, 1089–1090
  - workflow, 1090–1091
- Snap Hook feature, 1076–1078
- Snap Hook Groove feature, 1076–1078
- Thin features, 1083
- Vent feature, 1091–1093
Point tool, 71
points
- inflection point, 71
- reference geometry and, 96
- splines, 71
point‐to‐point Coincident mate, 459–460
Polygon tool, 77
polygons, control, 71
populating assemblies, 126–127
positioning, floors, 145
Power Trim tool, 79
predefined views, 747
predicting change, 112–113
primary features, 112
prismatic shapes, 113–114
Pro/ENGINEER, 1049
Profile Center mate, 463
projected curves, 262, 264
- sketch on face, 265
- sketch on sketch, 265
Projected View PropertyManager, 733
Projected views, 732–733
Projection Angle setting, 9
properties
- assemblies
  - assigning document driving, 846–847
  - linking notes to, 847
- configurations, 351–352
- custom, 346–347
  - parts, 872
- cut‐list, 872
- formats, 710–711
  - custom data, 711
  - Custom Properties tab, 711–712
  - error display, 713–714
  - link variables, 713–714
  - linked, 714–715
  - links, 712–713
  - Summary Information dialog box, 711
- mass calculations, 872
- notes, linking to, 774–775
Property Managers
- Insert Part, 893
Property Tab Builder, 346–347
- templates, 347
PropertyManagers, 26, 38, 380–381. See also specific PropertyManager
- 3D Planes, 203
- Add Dimensions option, 66
- Add Relation, 71
- Annotation, 772–773
- Appearances, 160–163
- Area Hatch/Fill, 857
- assemblies, 126
- Autodimension, 794–795
- Bill of Materials, 837
- Block, 775–776
- Boundary Surface, 912
- Broken View, 745
- Camera, 170, 171, 688–689
- Circle, 67–68
- Circular Pattern, 289
- Color, 176
- Combine, 882–883
- For Construction option, 70
- Detached, 26
- detaching, 42–44
- Dimension, 84, 318–319, 791
- displaying, 381
- Drawing View, 138
- Edit Scene, 145
- Emboss, 272
- Equation Driven Curve, 82
- Extrude, 120–121, 876
- Extruded Surface, 909–910
- FeatureManager split screen, 40
- Fillet, 135, 232
- FilletXpert, 236
- GridSystem, 665
- Helix/Spiral, 263
- Indent, 880–881
- Insert Component, 561
- Insert Line interface, 65
- Insert Line option, 65–66
- Insert Part, 935
- Library Feature, 540
- Linear Note Pattern, 767–769
- Linear Pattern, 288
- Loft, 226
- Mate, 450, 642–645
- Mated Entities, 642, 644
- MidSurface, 921
- Mirror Entities, 290
- Model Items, 788–790
- Model View, 137, 728–729
- Note, 138, 775
- Offset Entities interface, 72
- Plane, 93
- Point reference geometry, 96
- Projected View, 733
- Relative View, 749
- Revision Table, 834–836
- Revolve, 222
- Scale, 191, 268
- Scene, 167, 168
- Section View, 151, 179, 737–738
- Sensor, 200
- Sheet Metal, 951–953
- Sketch Pattern, 767–769
- Sketch Picture, 193–194, 196, 209
- Sketch Text, 197
- Slot, 134
- Slot sketch entries, 82
- Snap Hook, 1077
- Snap Hook Groove, 1077
- SpeedPak, 864
- Sweep, 227, 228
- switching to, 42
- Text Format, 138
- Thicken, 916
- Title Block, 715–716
- Trim interface, 73
- Walk‐through, 661–663
- Wrap, 271–272
proximity tools, 520
- Clearance Verification, 520
- Collision Detection, 525–526
- Dynamic Clearance, 523–525
- Interference Detection, 521
  - Component View, 522
  - ignoring interference, 522
  - results display, 522
- Physical Dynamics, 526
- Sensors, 526–528
Pull functions, 934–935
- Insert Into New Part feature, 938
- Insert Part feature, 935–937
Push functions, 934–935, 938–939
- Save Bodies feature, 940–941
- Split feature, 939–940

S

S key toolbar, 38
"S" menu, 26
Save As Copy tool, 645
Save As dialog box, 646
Save As tool, 645
Save As with References dialog box, 646
Save Block/Save Sketch As Block tool, 92
Save Bodies tool, 934
Save tool, 645
saved views, 727–728, 747–748
saving, views, to DWG/DXF, 748
Scale Entities tool, 191
Scale Factor, 269
Scale feature, 268–269
Scale PropertyManager, 191, 268
Scale tool, 76
scaling, 192, 194
- uniform, 269
Scan Equal tool, 89
Scene, Lights, and Cameras DisplayManager, 166
- RMB menu, 170
Scene PropertyManager, 167, 168
Scenes (DisplayManager), 157, 165–169
- Ambient Occlusion, 167
Screw mate, 468
Scribe feature, 272
scrollbars, 147–148
Search options, 46–47
searches, for files, 47
second sheet formats, 718–720
Section View dialog box, 855–857
Section View PropertyManager, 151, 179, 737–738
Section View tool, 151–152, 737–738
section views, 855–857
- Aligned section, 738–739
- alignment, 856–857
- editing, 739
- Half section, 738
- hatching, 856–857
- Isometric Sections, 856
- Partial section, 738
- parts, excluding, 855
- Slice section, 738
- workflow, 736–739
sections, pop‐up toolbar, 737
Segment tool, 80
segmenting rebuilds, 872
Select tool, 77
Selected Entities category, 23
Selection Breadcrumb, 26, 381–383
SelectionManager, 226
self intersecting contour sketches, 220
Sensor PropertyManager, 200
sensors, 199–200
- adding, 527
- dimension, 526
- interference detection, 527
- mass, 526
- measurement, 527
- proximity, 527
- simulation data, 526
- surface area, 526
- volume, 526
setback fillet, 232, 251–253
- variable radius, 232
Shaded Sketch Contours, 67, 91
Shaded tool, 151
Shaded with Edges tool, 151
Shadows in Shaded Mode tool, 151
shapes
- complex, multibody modeling, 877–879
- modeling, global modeling, 275–277
- prismatic, 113–114
sharing
- bodies, multibody modeling, 876–877
- templates, 14
sharp edges, estimating, 196
Sheet Format, 141
Sheet Format tools
- Automatic Border, 707–708
- Edit Sheet Format, 707
- Title Block Fields, 707–708
sheet formats, 705
- layers, 810–811
sheet metal drawing, 1005–1006
- bend areas, 1010–1011
- bend lines, 1008–1010
- bend notes, 1008–1010
- flat pattern, 1006–1008
  - bounding box, showing, 1010
- multibody modeling and
  - cut list properties, 1013–1014
  - cut list templates, 1015
  - cut lists, placing, 1014–1015
  - cut lists in parts, 1013
  - displaying bodies, 1012–1013
sheet metal features, 949
- Auto Relief, 956–957
- Base Flange method, 949–950
  - Base Flange/Tab tool, 950–951
  - BaseBend features, 951
- Bend Allowance, 953
  - bend calculation tables, 955–956
  - Bend Deduction, 954–955
  - bend tables, 953–954
  - K‐factor, 954
- bend calculation tables, 951–953
- Bend Radius, 953
- Closed Corner feature
  - Break Corner, 969–970
  - Coplanar Faces, 969
  - Corner Trim, 969–970
  - Faces to Extend, 968
  - Faces to Match, 968
  - Gap, 968
  - Open Bend Region, 969
  - Overlap/Underlap Ratio, 968
- conical parts, 990
- Corner Relief feature, 970–971
- Edge Flange feature
  - Angle panel, 961
  - curved edges, 962–963
  - default radius, 960
  - Edit Flange Profile button, 959–960
  - Flange Length, 961
  - Flange Position, 962
  - Gap Distance, 960–961
  - Trim Side Bends, 962
- Flat Pattern feature, 957
  - Convert Entities, 958
  - Corner Treatment option, 958
  - Fixed Face parameter, 958
  - suppressed, 957
- Fold feature, 978–979
- Forming Tool feature, 973
  - creating forming tools, 973–974
  - library, 975
  - placing forming tools, 975
  - techniques, 975–977
- gauge tables, 951–953
- geometry, import geometry starts, 989–990
- Gusset feature, 980
- Hem feature, 964–965
- Jog feature, 965–966
  - Fixed Face, 965–966
  - Fixed Projected Length, 966–967
  - Jog Angle, 967
  - Jog Offset, 966
  - Jog Position, 967
- Lofted Bends feature, 977–978
- method mixing, 990–991
- mirroring, 971–972
- Miter Flange feature, 963–964
- multibody modeling techniques and
  - base flanges, 992
  - Insert Part feature, 991–992
- parts from generic models, 983–984
  - Convert to Sheet Metal feature, 988–989
  - Cut feature, 984–985
  - Flat Pattern feature, 988
  - Flatten Bends feature, 987
  - No Bends, 988
  - Process Bends feature, 987–988
  - Rip feature, 986
  - Sheet Metal feature, 987
- patterning, 972
- reliefs, 956–957
- Sheet Metal PropertyManager, 951–953
- Sketched Bend feature, 967
- Swept Flange feature, 979–981
- Tab and Slot feature, 981–983
- Thickness, 953
- tutorials, 992–999
- Unfold feature, 978–979
Sheet Metal PropertyManager, 951–953
Sheet Properties dialog box, 137, 846–847
sheets, 141
- versus views, 30
Shell feature, 1088–1089
- multibody modeling, 884–885
- multi‐thickness shell, 1089
- Shell Outward option, 1089–1090
- workflow, 1090–1091
shortcut bars, 38
shortcut menus, 38
shortcut tabs, 38
Shortcut (S) toolbar, 33–34
shortcuts, 38
Show Feature History, 896–897
shut‐off faces, 1108
simulation, 669
Simulation Display tool, 152
single hold‐line fillets, 247–249
size
- relative, 124–125
- sketch pictures, 193
skeleton sketches, 387
sketch blocks, 92
Sketch button, 64–65
Sketch Chamfer tool, 69, 87
Sketch CommandManager, 83
sketch cursor, 38
sketch entities. See entities
Sketch Fillet tool, 69
sketch fillets, 70
Sketch Ink toolbar, 97–98
- Pen Sketch tool, 97–98
Sketch mode, 63
Sketch Pattern PropertyManager, 767–769
Sketch Pattern tool, 287
Sketch Picture PropertyManager, 193–194, 196, 209
sketch pictures, 81, 193
- Auto Trace, 196
- edges, sharp, 196
- FeatureManager, 81
- fonts, stick fonts, 196
- perspective and, 196
- scaling, 194
- sizing, 193
- transparency, 194
- views, multiple, 195
sketch relations
- blocks
  - adding, 777
  - definition, 777
  - editing, 778
  - existing, 776
  - layers, 778
  - leaders, 778
  - lock angle, 778
  - parameters, 778
  - text/dimension display, 778
- categories
  - All in This Sketch, 22
  - Broken, 23
  - Dangling, 22
  - Defined in Context, 23
  - External, 23
  - Locked, 23
  - Overdefining/Not Solved, 23
  - Selected Entities, 23
- coincident, 19
- suppressed, 23
Sketch Settings
- Automatic Relations, 90
- Automatic Solve, 90–91
- Detach Segment on Drag, 91
- Enable Snapping, 91
- No Solve Move, 91
- Override Dims on Drag, 91
- Pen Settings, 91
- Shaded Sketch Contours, 91
sketch techniques, 130–132
Sketch Text, 196–197
Sketch Text Property Manager, 196–197
Sketch Text tool, 78
Sketch tool, 62
- FeatureManager and, 63
Sketch toolbar, 63, 64–65
- 3 Point Arc tool, 69
- 3D Sketch Plane tool, 71
- 3D Sketch tool, 65
- Add Relation tool, 71
- Centerline tool, 70
- Centerpoint Arc tool, 68–69
- Circle tool, center creation, 67
- Circular Sketch Pattern tool, 80
- Construction Geometry tool, 75
- Convert Entities tool, 72
  - Offset Entities command, 72–73
- Copy tool, 76
- Corner Rectangle tool, 66
- Curved Slot tool, 82
- Display/Delete Relations tool, Quick Snaps flyout, 72
- Dynamic Mirror command, 80
- Equation Driven Curve tool, 81–82
- Extend tool, 79
- Face Curves tool, 79
- Grid/Snap tool, 77
- Intersection Curve tool, 78
- Line tool, 65
- Linear Sketch Pattern tool, 80
- Make Path function, 80
- Mirror Entities tool, 72
- Modify Sketch tool, 80
- Move tool, 76
- Parallelogram tool, 66
- Point tool, 71
- Polygon tool, 77
- Power Trim tool, 79
- Rotate tool, 76
- Scale tool, 76
- Segment tool, 80
- Select tool, 77
- Sketch button, 64–65
- Sketch Chamfer tool, 69
- Sketch Fillet tool, 69
- Sketch Text tool, 78
- Smart Dimension tool, 65
- Spline on Surface tool, 77
- Spline tool, 70
- Split Entities tool, 80
- Straight Slot tool, 82
- Stretch tool, 76
- Tangent Arc tool, 69
- Trim tool, 73–75
sketch‐driven patterns, 302
Sketched Bend feature, 967
sketches
- closed contour, 220
- closed‐loop, 218
- color
  - Edit Sketch Or Curve Color tool, 198
  - lines, 198
- Color Display Mode, 198
- construction geometry, 201
- context bar, 63
- creating, 62–64
- dangling, 20
- defining fully, 87–88
- derived, 193
- design intent, 19
- doubly nested contour, 220
- entities, 64–82
- Fully Defined, 20
- as geometric calculators, 212–214
- GridSystem, 664–665
- inferencing, 89–90
- layout sketches, assemblies, 426–427, 504–505
- lines, 62
  - color, 198
  - style, 198–199
  - thickness, 198–199
- metadata, 200–201
- modifying, 191–192
- myths, 286–287
- nested contour, 220
- open and closed contours, 220
- open contour, 220
- open contour construction line, 220
- opening, 64
- parametrics and, 19
- planar faces, 62
- planes, 62
- RapidSketch, 199
- reference geometry, 62
- reference sketches, 795
- requirements, 16
- self intersecting contour, 220
- sensors, 199–200
- tools, 63
- Underdefined, 20
- unsolvable, 20
- views, converting, 748
- workflows, 62
- wrongly shared endpoints, 220
- zero length, 20
SketchXpert, 188
.sldclr documents, 11
.sldmat documents, 11
.sldreg documents, 11
.sldstd documents, 11
Slot PropertyManager, 134
Slot sketch entities, 82
slots
- center points, 134
- cutting, 134
- Hole Wizard, 133–134
- sketched, 133–134
Smart Components, 562–566
- auto‐sizing, 566–568
- creating, 568–570
  - auto‐sizing component, 570–574
- editing components, 575–576
- file management, 574–575
- tutorials, 576–579
Smart Dimension tool, 65, 66, 86, 99, 790–791. See also dimensions
- Autodimension and, 795
- Instant2D, 83
Snap Hook Groove PropertyManager, 1077
Snap Hook PropertyManager, 1077
snapshots, 146
Snapshots, LDR and, 660–661
solid bodies, 871
- bridges, multibody modeling, 887–888
- multibody modeling and, 875
- patterns and, 293
Solid Edge, 1049
solid features, 218
- Intersect feature, 279
solid modeling, 15, 907–908
- directions, 117–118
- extruding, 118–120
SolidWorks
- Activation, 5
- Customer Portal
  - blogs forums, 1172–1173
  - CAD Admin Dashboard, 1172
  - downloads, 1171
  - forums, 1173
  - Forums, 1171
  - installation and administration guides, 1172
  - Knowledge Base, 1171
  - online forums, 1172
  - Release Notes, 1171–1172
  - What's New, 1172
- Explorer, assemblies and, 425
- installation, 3
  - reinstallation, 11
- Installation Manager, 5
- license agreement, 6
- login, 26
- Motion, 669, 670
- requirements, 4
- startup, initial, 6–9
- tables, versus Excel, 821–822
- Treehouse, assemblies and, 425–426
- website, 1170
  - Customer Care, 1176
  - system requirements, 1175–1176
  - troubleshooting, 1176
- website, Downloads area, 4
- window, viewports, 9
SolidWorks RX, 400–403
space handle, 201–202
specialty features
- Deboss, 272–273
- Deform, 275–277
- Dome, 269–271
- Emboss, 272
- Flex feature, 273–275
- Indent, 277–279
- Intersect, 279
- Scale, 268–269
- Scribe, 272
- Wrap, 271–272
Specify Configurations dialog box, 343
speed, file size and, 348–350
SpeedPak, 432
- assembly drawings and, 863–865
- drawings and, 433
- ghosts, 432–433
- self‐contained data, 433
SpeedPak PropertyManager, 864
spirals, 264
Spline loop, Broken‐Out section view, 858–859
Spline on Surface tool, 77
Spline tool, 70
splines, 70
- control polygon, 71
- handles
  - direction, 71
  - magnitude, 71
- inflection point, 71
- loft comparison, 226–227
- radius, minimum, 71
- spline points, 71
- top vertex, 77
Split Entities tool, 80
Split feature, 890–891
- planes and, 892
- sketches and, 891–892
- surface bodies and, 892
Split Line feature, 262
split lines, 267
Split tool, 934
splitters, 147–148
Standard 3 View, 733–734
Standard Views toolbar
- Front view, 146
- Normal To view, 146
- Top view, 146
status bar, 45–46, 63
STEP (Standard for the Exchange of Product), 1049
stick fonts, 196
stopping face, 973
Straight Slot tool, 82
Stretch tool, 76
style documents
- .sldgtolfvt, 10
- .sldsffvt, 10
- .sldweldfvt, 10
styles
- dimensions, 802
- notes, 772–773
  - adding, 773
  - defaults, 773
  - deleting, 773
  - loading, 773
  - saving, 773
  - updating, 773
- tutorial, 208–211
subassemblies
- mates, moving to, 650–651
- parts, adding and removing, 649–650
- Treehouse and, 649
Summary Information dialog box, 711
suppressed sketch relations, 23
suppression states, 329
- configurations and, 350–351
surface bodies, patterns and, 293
surface modeling, 905, 907–908
surfacing, 905–906
- 3D surfaces, extruding, 910
- Boundary Surface feature, 911–912
- Boundary Surface PropertyManager, 912
- curvature, 919
- developable surfaces, 908
- Extend Surface tool, 916–917
- Extend tool, 909
- Extrude tool, 909–910
- Extruded Surface PropertyManager, 909–910
- extruding, 909–910
- Fill Surface PropertyManager, 919
- Fill Surface tool, 918–920
- Fill tool, 909
- Fillet tool, 909
- geometry, degenerate, 908
- Intersect tool, 923–924
- Knit function, 906
- Knit Surface tool, 915
- Loft tool, 909
- MidSurface tool, 920–921
- NURBS (Non‐Uniform Rational B Spline), 908
- Offset Surface feature, 912–913
- Offset tool, 909
- planar surfaces, 916
- Radiate Surface tool, 913–914
- Radiate tool, 909
- Replace Face tool, 921
- Revolve tool, 909
- Ruled Surface tool, 922–923
- ruled surfaces, 909, 922–923
- Ruled tool, 909
- Sweep tool, 909
- tangents, 919
- Thicken Surface tool, 916
- Thicken tool, 909
- Trim function, 906–907
- Trim Surface tool, 917–918
- Trim tool, 909
- tutorials
  - Cut With Surface feature, 924–925
  - Fill Surface blend, 927–930
  - Offset Surface command, 925–927
- Untrim function, 907
- Untrim tool, 909
.swb documents, 11
Sweep feature, 223, 227
- 3D, 229
- curves, guide curves, 227–228
- Cut Sweep feature, 230–231
- Pierce sketch relations, 228–229
- workflow, 231
Sweep PropertyManager, 227, 228
Sweep tool, 909
.swp documents, 11
symbol files
- gtol.sym, 11
- swlines.lin, 11
symbols, 90
- adding, 775
- custom, 780
- dimensions and, 779
- FeatureManager, 651–652
- Geometric Tolerancing symbols, 801–802
- notes and, 779
symmetric fillets, 232, 240–241
Symmetric mate, 463–464
symmetry, 112, 116
Symmetry relation, 291
Systems Options Colors dialog box, 47–48

T

Table views, 345
table‐based BOMs
- appearance, 827
- columns, 828
- combining indented, 827–828
- configurations, 824–825
- dissolving indented, 827–828
- editing, 826–829
- Excel‐based, retiring, 829
- indented lists, 827–828
- item numbers, 826
- Keep Missing Items, 825
- numbering indented, 827–828
- restructured indented, 827–828
- rows, 828
- table anchors, 823–824
- templates, 822–823
- types, 824
- Zero Quantity Display, 826
table‐driven patterns, 302–303
tables
- design tables, 355–356, 830–832
- general tables, 836
- hole tables, 832–834
  - tutorials, 841–843
- in models, 836–837
- revision tables, 834–836
tabulated drawings, 830–832
tags, 26
- assigning, 46
Take Snapshot option, 146
Tangent Arc tool, 69
tangent arcs, 69
tangent edges, 754–756
tangents, 919
taper helix, 263
- spirals, 264
Task bar, 26
Task pane, 26
- Design Library, 538
- DisplayManager, 45
  - Appearances, Scenes, and Decals, 43
  - Custom Properties, 43
  - Design Library, 43
  - File Explorer, 43
  - Home tab, 43
  - Recovered Documents, 43
  - SolidWorks Forum, 43
  - View Palette, 43
templates, 347, 705
- assembly drawings, multi‐page templates, 847–848
- BibleInchTemplate.prtdot, 99
- blocks in, 724–725
- BOMs (Bills of Materials), 822–823
- changing, 705–706
- custom, 8
- default, 14
- drafting standards, 8
- drawings, 128
- formats, 705
- maintaining, 706
- multiple, 12–14
- network access, 14
- part, 61–62
- predefined views, 720–722
  - aligning, 722
  - limits, 724
  - populating drawings, 722–723
  - scaling, 723
- properties, 725
- saving, 725
- sharing, 14
- styles in, 724–725
templates and formats documents
- .asmdot, 10
- .asmprp, 10
- .drwdot, 10
- .drwprp, 10
- journal.doc, 10
- .prtdot, 10
- .prtprp, 10
- .sldbombt, 10
- .slddrt, 10
- .sldholtbt, 10
- .sldrevtbt, 10
- .sldtbt, 10
- .sldwldtbt, 10
- .xls, 10
text
- hyperlinking, 775
- image placement, 710
- Sketch Text, 196–197
- tutorial, 208–211
text boxes, notes, 766–767
Text Format PropertyManager, 138
Thicken PropertyManager, 916
Thicken Surface tool, 916
Thicken tool, 909
thickness, 218
Thickness Analysis
- Show Thick Regions option, 1098–1099
- Show Thin Regions option, 1098
- workflow, 1099–1101
Thickness feature, 953
Thin Feature panel, 120–121
- Mid‐Plane option, 218
- One‐Direction option, 218
- Two‐Direction option, 218
Thin features, 218, 1083
Third Angle Projection system, 8
three‐point arcs, 69
thumbnails, Design library, 546–548
timeline, 671
Title Bar, 26, 63
Title Bar menu, 26
Title Bar toolbar, 26, 31–32
Title Block PropertyManager, 715–716
Tolerance/Precision panel, 801–802
tolerances, dimensions, 799–800
- Fit tolerances, 800
- Geometric Tolerancing symbols, 801–802
- precision values, 801
tool bodies, 879–881
tool tips, 34
toolbars
- Blocks, 92
- CommandManager, 30
  - context toolbars, 32–33
  - Heads‐Up View, 31
  - Shortcut (S), 33–34
  - Title Bar, 31–32
- Curves, 262
- flyouts, 32, 35–36
- Formatting, 766
- Heads‐Up View, 143–144
- Layer, 811
- moving, 35
- Reference Geometry, 93
- S key, 38
- Sketch, 64–65
- Sketch Ink, 97–98
- Standard Views, 146
Tools menu, 37
top vertex, 77
top‐down design, 185
top‐down modeling, 605
Touch interface, settings, 97–98
Touch Mode interface, 32
- Pen Settings, 91
Touch tool, 54
touchscreen support, 53–54
tracking references, 386
Translate function (Modify Sketch), 192
transparency, 194
Tree Display, 440
- Component References, 441
- components, 440–441
- configurations, 440–441
- dependencies, 442–443
- descriptions, 440
- feature names, 440
- features, 442–443
- mates, 442–443
- View Mates and Dependencies, 639–640
Treehouse, assemblies, 649
Triad, 148–149
Trim function, 906–907
Trim interface (PropertyManager), 73
- Corner option, 74
- Power Trim option, 74
- Trim Away Closest option, 75
- Trim Away Inside option, 74
- Trim Away Outside option, 75
Trim Surface tool, 917–918
Trim tool, 73–75, 909
troubleshooting
- common error messages, 398–399
- dismissing errors, 400
- mates, 473
- multibody, 872
- Performance Benchmark, 403–405
- rebuild errors, 397–398
- SolidWorks RX, 400–403
- SolidWorks website, 1176
TrueType fonts, 196–197
tutorials
- annotations, 782–784
- assembly arrangement, 443–446
- assembly configuration, 600–604
- assembly drawings, 866–868
- Blocks and Belts, 102–105
- BOMs, 837–840
- bracket casting, 256–260
- circular patterns, 310–311
- color, controlling, 208–211
- component patterns, 495–497
- configurations, 365–368
- cosmetic patterns, 313–314
- design tables, 365–368
- dimensions, tolerances and, 805–808
- Direct Editing tools, 1069–1072
- drawing display tools, 816–818
- drawings, 137–141
- editing techniques, 406–412
- equation use, 330–332
- evaluation techniques, 406–412
- FeatureManager, 446–447
- hole tables, 841–843
- imported geometry, 1067–1068
- in‐context modeling, 631–635
- layouts, 507–512
- library features, 579–586
- master model techniques, 941–945
- mates, 477–480
- metadata, 211–212
- mirroring features, 311–313
- multibodies
  - local operations, 900–901
  - merging, 900–901
  - patterning bodies, 901–903
  - splitting bodies, 901–903
- part creation, 128–136
- pictures, controlling, 208–211
- reference geometry, 105–109
- relations, 98–102
  - copying, 204–208
  - editing, 204–208
- repairing solid geometry, 1067–1068
- revision tables, 843–844
- sheet metal features, 992–999
- sketches as geometric calculators, 212–214
- Smart Components, 576–579
- styles, controlling, 208–211
- text, controlling, 208–211
- views
  - option, 756–762
  - settings, 756–762
  - types, 756–762
- visualization, 175–179
- weldments, 1040–1046
- wire‐formed part, 280–282
twists, Flex feature, 273–275
.txt documents, 11

V

Variable pattern, 304–307
Variable Pitch helix, 262
variable‐radius fillets
- transitions, 245
- uses, 245
- values, 243–244
variables, global, 326–327, 424
variable‐size fillet, 232
Vent feature, 1091–1093
Verification on Rebuild, 388–389
Vertical Dimension tool, 86
View Bounding Box tool, 152
View indicator, 26
View Mate Errors window, 641
View Mates and Dependencies, 639–640
View Mates tool, 640
View menu, 37
View Orientation dialog box, 154–156
View Orientation toolbar, 150
View Orientation view, 747–748
View palette, 727–728
View toolbar
- customizing, 146
- Take Snapshot option, 146
- tools, 147
viewports, 9
views, 143
- 3D Drawing View, 150, 749–750
- alignment and, 750–751
- alternate position, 745–747, 849–850
- Ambient Occlusion tool, 152
- animating, 683–684
  - key points, 684–688
- annotation views, 156–157, 728–729
- appearances, 160
  - applying, 157–158
  - Display States and, 163
  - versus materials, 159–160
  - Overrides, 160–163
  - removing, 164–165
- Apply Scene tool, 152
- arrow keys, 144
- auxiliary, 745
- Break, 743–745
- Broken‐Out section, 858
  - closed loop, 858–859
  - depth, 859
  - editing, 860
  - properties, 860
- Broken‐Out Views, 740–743
- Cartoon tool, 152
- Change Display States tool, 153
- color
  - applying, 174
  - assembly drawings, 860–861
- converting to sketches, 748
- Copy Appearance tool, 152
- Crop, 740
- Detail, 734–736
- DisplayManager
  - Appearances, 157
  - Cameras, 157, 165–166, 170–173
  - Decals, 157, 165
  - Lights, 157, 165–166, 169–170
  - RealView, 173
  - Scenes, 157, 165–169
- displays
  - display states, 751
  - display styles, 751–752
  - layers, 752–753
  - tangent edges, 754–756
- Draft, Undercut, and Parting Line Analysis tool, 152
- edges, 174
- Edit Appearance tool, 152
- empty, 747
- exploded, 850–854
- Heads‐Up View toolbar, 143–144
- Hidden Lines Removed (HLR) tool, 151
- Hidden Lines Visible (HLV) tool, 151
- Hide All Types tool, 153
- Magnifying Glass, 148
- Model, 728–729
- mouse, MMB (middle mouse button), 144–145
- mouse gestures, 145–146
- multiple, 195
- orientation and, 750–751
- Pan tool, 150
- Paste Appearance tool, 152
- predefined, 747
- Projected, 732–733
- RealView tool, 152
- relative, 748–749
- Roll View tool, 150
- Rotate About Scene Floor option, 145
- Rotate View tool, 150
- saved, 727–728, 747–748
- saving, to DWG/DXF, 748
- scrollbars, 147–148
- section, 855–857
  - alignment, 856–857
  - hatching, 856–857
  - Isometric Sections, 856
  - parts, excluding, 855
- Section, 736–739
- Section View tool, 151–152
- section views, 855–857
- Shaded tool, 151
- Shaded with Edges tool, 151
- Shadows in Shaded Mode tool, 151
- versus sheets, 756
- Simulation Display tool, 152
- splitters, 147–148
- Standard 3 View, 733–734
- Table views, 345
- Triad, 148–149
- View Bounding Box tool, 152
- View Orientation, 747–748
- View Orientation toolbar, 150
- View Quality settings, 755–756
- Walkthrough tool, 153
- Wireframe tool, 150
- Zebra Stripes tool, 153–154
- Zoom about Screen Center tool, 150
- Zoom In/Out tool, 150
- Zoom to Area tool, 150
- Zoom to Fit tool, 149
- Zoom to Selection tool, 150
virtual components, 428, 607–608
- saving, 609
Virtual Parts, 606
visualization, 143. See also views
- tutorial, 175–179
VOR (Verification on Rebuild), 284

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