Introduction

The following instruction and videos explain the basics of creating sketches in SolidWorks. This will be especially helpful for your first lab, so watch them closely. You may refer back to them at any time.

Starting a New Model

This video is specific to Lab 1, but you can reference it for future labs as well.

 

 

Starting the First Sketch

 

 

Line Tool and Line Relations

 

 

Circles, Rectangles, and Other Sketch Tools

 

 

Editing Existing Sketches

This video is specific to Lab 1, but you can reference it for future labs as well.

 

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