SolidWorks 2025 - Advanced Sketch Training

Create a parabola in a sketch on the Front Plane using the parabola tool from the ellipse dropdown, defining focus, vertex, start point, and end point.

Create conic shapes in a SolidWorks 2025 sketch using the conic tool to generate parabolic, hyperbolic, or elliptical shapes, set rho value, apply auto tangent, and convert to construction geometry.

Explore advanced sketching with the slot tool to create straight, center point straight, 3 point arc, and centerpoint arc slots on the front plane; define start, end, width, and dimensions.

Create and control a spline in a sketch on the front plane using the spline tool, drag handles, dimensions, and geometric relations to fully define its shape, including closed splines.

Edit a spline within a sketch by inserting spline points, then use the control polygon to shape and fully define the curve, while adding dimensions and checking curvature for smoothness.

Create and control a style spline on the front plane with the style spline tool, using non-rational and rational options, points, degrees (3,5,7), and control vertex weight.

Learn to add text in a sketch with the text tool, align to a reference edge, adjust font and size, mirror as needed, and link text to file properties.

Learn to create mirror entities in SolidWorks 2025 using the dynamic mirror entities tool by sketching on one side of a selected line, which automatically mirrors to the other side.

Master linear sketch pattern to duplicate any sketch entity in two directions with spacing and instance controls. Adjust axis direction, angle, and external references for precise, flexible layouts.

Learn to create a circular sketch pattern in SolidWorks 2025 using the circular sketch pattern tool, defining center, radius, angle, and equal spacing for multiple instances while ensuring fully defined.

Learn to split and detach sketch entities in SolidWorks 2025 using the split entities, segment, and detach segment on drag tools; create equal arc segments and control coradial relations.

Move, copy, and rotate sketch entities using the move, copy, and rotate tools in the sketch tab; learn to set from/to or x/y references and the center of rotation.

Discover how to create three sketches quickly using the rapid sketch tool in the sketch tab, drawing circles on multiple planes with a single toggle.

Master baseline and chain dimensions in SolidWorks 2025 via the Sketch tab and Smart Dimension tool. Convert between baseline and chain, add to a baseline, drive dimensions, and break alignment.

Master ordinate dimension in SolidWorks 2025 sketching by creating horizontal and vertical ordinate dimensions, linking values, driving dimensions, and adjusting display options like parentheses and break alignment.

Apply the path length dimension tool in SolidWorks 2025 to define belt length between pulleys by selecting tangent sketch entities, ensuring the sketch is fully defined.

Master inserting a picture into a sketch in SolidWorks 2025. Position and scale it precisely, and reference the image from a dedicated sketch to build a 3D body.

Copy a sketch from one plane to another in SolidWorks, paste onto a flat 2D face, and redefine dimensions and constraints to fully define the pasted sketch.

In SolidWorks 2025 advanced sketch training, learn to sketch on a planer face when selection fails by diagnosing flatness and applying a horizontal constraint to fix an angle.

Discover how to create a derived sketch by copying a parent sketch to a new plane, then see edits propagate automatically to the derived sketch and all dependent features.

Learn to create a 3D sketch directly in a 3D environment using the 3D Sketch tool, starting at the sketch center and switching XY, YZ, ZX planes with Tab key.

Create and control 3D sketch entities in a 3D sketch editing environment, aligning lines to X, Y, or Z with colinear and equal-length constraints.

Create a 3D symmetry sketch in ZX plane using center rectangle tool; define along X and Z with equal relations and 10 inches and 3 inches dimensions, then modify.

Create a plane inside a 3D sketch using the Plane tool in the sketch tab, define references and relations to fully define the plane, and activate to work inside it.

Master a complex 3D sketch in SolidWorks 2025 by creating planes inside a 3D sketch, adding geometric relations, setting 45- and 60-degree references, then applying dimensions and fillets.

Create a 3D sketch, define a center rectangle with dimensions, align to X and Z for definition, then mirror two lines about the right plane using the mirror entities tool.

Explore offset on surface in SolidWorks 2025 to create offset curves on surfaces using geodesic and euclidean types, adjust parameters, reverse direction, and integrate into a 3d sketch.

Learn to create a spline curve on surfaces by using a 3d sketch, activating the spline on surface tool, and placing points on multiple surfaces or a surface body.

Learn to create and combine curves with the Composite Curve tool in solidworks 2025, enabling sweep paths by merging sketches and 3D body edges for a unified path.

Project Curve tool in SolidWorks 2025 projects sketches onto faces or onto another sketch. Use Selection Manager to pick entities, set projection faces and direction, reverse or bi-directional options.

Create intersection curves between geometry using the intersection curve tool in SolidWorks 2025. Apply it in 3D and 2D sketches to connect faces, planes, and bodies.

Learn to create silhouette entities in SolidWorks 2025 by using an offset plane and a sketch, selecting components, and choosing external or internal silhouettes to capture outer or inner shapes.

Explore creating curves with the equation driven curve tool in 2d and 3d sketches, using explicit and parametric equations, parameters, and limits to generate sin, cosine, and complex curves.

Create a helix and spiral in sketch by using the helix and spiral tool with a circle, adjusting pitch, height, and revolutions, including taper and clockwise or counterclockwise options.

Activate the helix tool in SolidWorks 2025, set a variable pitch by adjusting height, revolutions, and diameter across multiple rows, and apply a sweep to create the complex geometry.

Learn to define a curve through xyz points using the SolidWorks curve tool in the features tab, enter points, and save as sldcrv files.

Create a curve through points using the curve reference point tool in a 3D sketch in SolidWorks 2025, and apply a sweep for electrical routing.

Create 2D sketch sections with the slicing tool by selecting planes or edges, using a temporary axis for axially symmetric parts, and previewing the bounding box to control cross-section height.

Learn to create and manage blocks from sketch entities in a SolidWorks 2025 part file, using make block, insert block, edit block, and explode blocks with a precise insertion point.

Learn to edit blocks, save them as SLDBLK files, and insert reusable blocks into new part files for repetitive cutouts and latches.