Solidworks drawing complete course

Learn to create manufacturing-ready SolidWorks drawings with section views, dimensions, templates, and assembly BOMs, for users who know parts and assemblies.

<h2>About this course</h2>In this course, you learn to turn SolidWorks parts and assemblies into manufacturing-ready 2D drawings with complete dimensions, notes, and annotations. You begin with drawing basics: setting sheet standards, adding standard views, and creating break views, basic and advanced section views, and relative views, then replacing the model behind a drawing. Annotation is the largest section. You set up dimension styles and document properties, choose projected or true dimension types, and apply smart, baseline, chain, ordinate, angular, chamfer, and path length dimensions, along with autodimensioning and dimension editing. You add centerlines and center marks, build notes with advanced features and patterns, and place advanced symbols. Next, you manage your drawings by working with layers, setting units and borders in templates, creating a title block with linked properties, saving predefined views to a template, and handling multiple drawing sheets and empty views. The final section covers assembly drawings, including alternate position views, exploded views with a bill of materials, BOM edits, balloons, orthographic views, drawings of components and subassemblies, and printing. Every section includes a practice exercise and quiz. By the end, you can produce complete part and assembly drawings using your own templates and standards.<h2>Who should take this course</h2>This course is for you if you have finished the SolidWorks beginners and assemblies courses and want to document your designs as 2D drawings. It suits mechanical design engineers, CAD drafters, and product designers who need dimensioned, annotated drawings for manufacturing in SolidWorks. It also fits students and intermediate users who can model parts and build assemblies but have not yet learned sheet standards, title blocks, bills of materials, and balloons.<h2>Pre-requisites</h2>You need basic knowledge of SolidWorks parts and assemblies, ideally from the beginners and assemblies courses. You also need a full or student version of SolidWorks and a little familiarity with the Windows operating system.