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Explore basic features that transform 2D sketches into 3D models using extruded boss, extruded cuts, fillets, and chamfers, and learn to build, edit, and delete features with design priorities.

Open a new document, choose new part, and begin a SolidWorks session by selecting the new part option; explore tabs and options to be covered in the next lecture.

Explore the command bar, canvas, and design tree to build models using two sketches and three features, while using sketch and features tabs to view with axis cues.

Use a mouse with a scroll for SolidWorks to access right-click options on the canvas, surface, or design tree, then zoom with the cursor and rotate the model by dragging.

Learn to create two dimensional sketches in SolidWorks as the first step toward 3D models. Identify sketch planes, sketch basic shapes, and use mirrors, offsets, and patterns to build complex sketches.

Select a plane—top, front, or right—to start sketching, then enter sketch mode and begin drawing shapes like circles to create a 3D model.

Link every sketch to the origin in SolidWorks 2025, starting from the origin on any plane. Align the circle center with the origin for precise, origin-based sketching.

Sketch lines and rectangles in SolidWorks by entering sketch mode, selecting the right plane, and using line and rectangle commands. Try corner and center rectangle options.

Learn to sketch circles, arcs, and ellipses in sketch mode, using the origin, center, and perimeter cues, with commands from the command bar, and practice deleting and editing shapes.

Learn how to define sketches with dimensions in SolidWorks 2025, turning rectangles, circles, and ellipses from under defined to fully defined using smart dimension and unit settings.

Learn to define sketches in SolidWorks by using millimeter measurements and angles, drawing a triangle, and applying smart dimensions for a 100 mm base and 80 and 60 degree angles.

Apply relations to define sketches, linking lines and points with horizontal, vertical, coincident, merge, midpoint, parallel, perpendicular, and equal constraints to fully define a square.

Learn to use sketch relations for circles, ellipses, and lines in SolidWorks, applying concentric, tangent, equal, coincident, horizontal, and vertical constraints with smart dimensions.

Explore how SolidWorks automatically applies sketch relations like horizontal, vertical, coincident, midpoint, tangent, and concentric while creating and constraining lines and circles.

Identify and manage active relations in a sketch by highlighting to reveal equal, tangent, and concentric constraints, then delete unwanted relations to modify the design.

Learn how construction lines, also called center lines, guide sketch geometry, convert selected lines to construction lines, and keep solid lines active for features while aligning circles on a square.

Use linear sketch patterns, trim, mirror, and offset to define a shape with origin distances (0.5 in, 1.5 in) and a center line, then mirror and offset for four repetitions.

Explore going 3D by extruding a sketch from the design tree, adjusting the distance to 0.5 in, and viewing the first three-dimensional object.

Turn 2d sketches into 3d models by applying basic features like extruded boss and extruded cuts, then refine with fillets, chamfers, edits, deletions, and design priorities.

Explore creating a 3d model from a 2d sketch using extrude boss, cut extrude, and fillet; form a five-inch box with a through hole and 0.25-inch fillet.

Learn to edit boss extrude and fillet features in SolidWorks 2025, adjust distances and radii, delete faces, edit sketches, and manage dependencies to understand feature relationships.

Explore the selected contours option in SolidWorks 2025, applying extruded boss to specific enclosed shapes within a sketch. Save time by using contours instead of crafting a complex sketch.

Master applying chamfers in SolidWorks, replacing fillets with five chamfer types—distant angle, distance distance, vertex, offset, and face chamfers—and learn to adjust distance and angle with previews.

Explore design intent and design priorities in SolidWorks by comparing two modeling approaches: dimension-driven centering vs relation-driven centering, and see how changing the base size triggers rebuilds.

Practice creating a part by sketching arcs and rectangles on the top plane, dimensioning and constraining until fully defined, then extruding, chamfering edges, and patterning four holes through all.

Explore the design tree to see the model history, name features and sketches, rolling features, suppressing features, and identify parent and child relationships to understand and modify 3D models.

Explore the mass properties section by analyzing materials for 3D models, from plastic and steel to copper and wood, and calculating weight, center of mass, and volume.

Explore viewing mass properties in SolidWorks 2025 by inspecting density, mass, volume, surface area, and center of mass for a cube, and observe how material and unit changes affect results.

Explore complex features in SolidWorks, including revolved boss and cut, swept boss and cut, and lofted boss and cut, and learn to create sketch planes using reference geometries.

Explore end conditions for extruded boss and extruded cut, practicing selection of conditions such as blind, through all, up to next, up to vertex, and up to surface.

Learn to use revolve boss and revolve cut in SolidWorks 2025 to model a ball, cylinder, and a slot, with precise sketches and 360-degree revolutions.

Learn to create a model with sweep boss and sweep cut in SOLIDWORKS 2025 by using two sketches, a path and a profile, then validate with a section view.

Master reference geometries in SolidWorks by creating new planes with seven specification methods—points, lines, edges, faces, curves, and offsets—and sketching features for extruded cuts.

Use loft boss to add material by linking sketches across four planes, guided by curves; then apply lofted cut to remove material between two sketches, with cross sections for visualization.

Practice building a complex solid using revolve, extrude, and sweep features in SolidWorks 2025, including shells, lids, pipes, holes, slots, fillets, and mirrored bodies.

Celebrate your progress as you are halfway through the program. Keep going, stay proud, and look forward to the next video.

Learn how to assemble parts into a SolidWorks assembly, apply mates such as coincidence, parallel, perpendicular, distance, and angle, and identify, edit, or delete existing relations.

Open an assembly file by starting from scratch or from a part file, then insert components and manage open documents to build the assembly.

Explore the types of mates in a SolidWorks assembly, focusing on standard mates—coincident, parallel, perpendicular, tangent, concentric, distant, angle—and the lock command.

Apply coincident, parallel, and perpendicular mates in a four‑part assembly to restrain a rectangle, square, and triangle, with the bass part fixed and using move and rotate components.

Apply standard mates tangent and concentric to assemble four parts in SolidWorks 2025, then use coincident and parallel relations to fully constrain movement and simulate a magnetic fit.

Identify existing mates in the assembly from the design tree or by viewing mates on the canvas, then delete, suppress, or edit relations like perpendicular, parallel, or coincident.

Learn to switch parts from fixed to floating in an assembly, using the right-click fix or float option, and see how fixing affects motion and underdefined parts in design tree.

Explore how the standard mate lock in SolidWorks locks two components together, ensuring synchronized movement and the ability to fix parts to a fixed base for fully defined assemblies.

Create a new coordinate system in SolidWorks 2025 and compute the center of mass relative to that frame using mass properties and defined origin and axis directions.

Assemble a six-part model using concentric and coincident mates, align parts to the drawing, and set a 6.5 mm distance and 140-degree angle.

Create 2D engineering drawings in SolidWorks using drawing tools, set paper size and units, generate orthographic views, adjust display styles, annotate dimensions, and export as printable image or pdf.

Learn to open a drawing file in SolidWorks 2025, from scratch or from an open part or assembly, choose paper size, insert drawings and views, and finalize with the drawing.

Change the unit of measurement in a SolidWorks drawing, set the document units via the bottom menu, and verify the drawing communicates the intended length units, regardless of part units.

Learn to create orthographic views in SolidWorks by drawing from a part and inserting front, top, side, and isometric views, with base views linking others and adding or deleting views.

Practice adjusting the drawing scale in SolidWorks with scale options to resize front and isometric views, trying 1 to 2, 3 to 2, 1 to 1, and 1 to 1.3.

Display and annotate dimensions in two-dimensional drawings using smart dimension to convey design intent. Use hole callout, center line, and display style to clearly convey hole sizes and positions.

Adjust the drawing's information table by editing the sheet format, updating the drawing number, title, and scale, then reposition the block for your needs.

Learn how to export a SolidWorks drawing as a PDF or image to share with others, using Save As and selecting formats like PDF, JPEG, PNG, and more.