SolidWorks® 2010: No Experience Required™

Chapter 2. Learning the Basics

• Explore the Document Structure

• Explore the Anatomy of a Part

• Use Assemblies

• Tell the Story with Drawings

Now that you are familiar with the basic user interface of SolidWorks, it is time to explore the three environments in SolidWorks: parts, drawings, and assemblies. Learning the differences between the three and knowing how they relate to each other is important when using SolidWorks. Each mode is important in product design. In SolidWorks, the three document types are differentiated by the file type extension, which follows the dot (.) in the filename. The three document types are as follows:

SolidWorks part file	*.sldprt
SolidWorks assembly file	*.sldasm
SolidWorks drawing file	*.slddrw

In this chapter, we'll demonstrate ...