Drawings · Complete SOLIDWORKS learning path
From your first part drawing to an assembly drawing with a BOM.
Free video training · 3D Design
Five lessons in order, each with its videos, key takeaways and an exercise. Three videos are in French: they are marked FR.
5 lessons
16 videos, 3 in French
Beginner to advanced
Free
What you will be able to do
✓Create a complete part drawing: views, sections, dimensions and annotations
✓Produce an assembly drawing with a BOM and balloons
✓Fill in the title block automatically from model properties
✓Standardize your sheet formats and keep drawings fast to open
Where to start
You have never made a drawing in SOLIDWORKS: start with lesson 1, both its videos are in French (marked FR). You already make part drawings: go straight to lesson 4 for assembly drawings.
The program
01First steps in drawingsCreate a drawing from a part, place the standard views and import the model dimensions.▶ 2 videosBeginnerFrench videos▶Drawings and Detailing · FR▶Drawings · FR→02Derived views and section viewsProjected, auxiliary and detail views, sections, broken-out and break views.▶ 3 videosBeginner▶Derived Drawing Views▶Drawing: Section Views▶Lock View Focus→03Dimensions and annotationsDimensions, geometric tolerances, notes, blocks and notes linked to dimensions and properties.▶ 3 videosIntermediate▶Detailing: Dimensions▶Annotations and Drawing Blocks▶Parametric Notes→04Assembly drawings and BOMsAssembly views, BOM, balloons, custom properties and equations in the BOM.▶ 5 videosIntermediate1 in French▶Assembly Drawing Views▶Bill of Materials · FR▶Balloons in a Drawing▶Custom Properties in BOM Tables▶Equations in a Bill of Materials Table→05Standardizing and speeding up your drawingsSheet formats and templates, hole tables and general tables, performance of large drawings.▶ 3 videosAdvanced▶Sheet Formats and Templates▶General Tables and Hole Tables▶Drawings: Performance and Display Issues→To go further, Dassault Systèmes also offers the learning paths SOLIDWORKS Drawings and Assembly Drawings (on MySolidWorks).
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